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isbwkisbakadqv on March 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: How do plants extract nutrients from the ground?

Corollary - let’s say I start exercising more and lose weight. I used to eat 100kg now I weigh 90kg. Where did the 10kg go?

muxator on March 24, 2021 | [–]

Short answer is: it is eliminated through respiration, and becomes CO2

social_quotient on March 24, 2021 | [–]

Fun Ted talk of this point

The mathematics of weight loss https://youtu.be/vuIlsN32WaE

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