Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
> Excess calories can't be just discarded by the body,
> they *have* to be stored or used.
Nope, they can and are routinely discarded by the body.
After all that's what ketostix (urine test strips) measure -
ketones in urine (which are a perfectly good source of energy,
but in excess, which the body gets rid of in urine). They
can also be gotten rid of in breath and I believe sweat.

Unless, of course, you call peeing them away a 'use' or
'storage'.

Ilya