Prof Tim Spector on the myth of calorie counting, the truth about microbiomes & his guilty pleasures

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  • @fitprotunes
    @fitprotunes 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    If we're only talking about weight loss, calories in vs calories out is still the by far the most accurate description of how it works.

  • @metrx330
    @metrx330 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Physicists have a greater understanding of weight loss than any medical professional as they grasp the laws of thermodynamics. Fat is stored energy. Energy cannot be created from nothing. The body is an energy system. And metabolism does not vary nearly as much as the impression given. And so it stands to reason that to lose weight, you need to either reduce calories, increase energy expenditure, or a combination of both.

    • @ant7936
      @ant7936 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Law of thermodynamics, often quoted wrongly, refers to a _closed system_ - which doesn't apply to the human body.

    • @colinmacdonald5732
      @colinmacdonald5732 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Calories are measured by literally burning food, and then adding an ermmm.. fudge factor depending on the protein fat carb content. But we're not heat engines and we don't burn good in tiny cylinders, so no it's not as simple as calories in calories out.

    • @ShoppingEmail-dr1fs
      @ShoppingEmail-dr1fs 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      spot on. it's actually carbon in carbon out but everything is what you say.

    • @DavidS-iy8bb
      @DavidS-iy8bb 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      how the foods are digested and utilised is important.

  • @lknight5579
    @lknight5579 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I calorie count and it works perfectly. If you find your estimated calorie requirement isnt achieving the desired effect, adjust accordingly and you'll find your true figure quickly.

  • @franfranfrancis
    @franfranfrancis 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Using Miso is the ultimate cooking hack!! ❤❤❤ There are different types and it increases the saltiness and umami of foods but doesn't harm you the way that straight sodium does. I use it constantly

  • @hezkyden
    @hezkyden 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    'Variety' in our diets, not, bl***y 'Diversity'. Grrrr.

  • @Opel314
    @Opel314 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

  • @paulpenfold2352
    @paulpenfold2352 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Laura Prendergast is the only one at the Spectator who actually looks like her illustrated avatar.

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes - the one of Douglas Murray is particularly bad.

    • @HeatherWilliams-rh2ep
      @HeatherWilliams-rh2ep 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She also has a great voice for newspapers !

  • @steve24550
    @steve24550 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Is it my imagination, or is he struggling with indigestion as he's talking ? 🤔 ...

    • @JW-bs7xp
      @JW-bs7xp 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@steve24550 you are suggesting he is stinking out his home office?

  • @chrisingram9123
    @chrisingram9123 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a subscriber I object to every interview being interrupted by a subscription offer that I am unable to take advantage of. It would be better to put this after the end of the interview.

  • @Jules-Is-a-Guy
    @Jules-Is-a-Guy 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hah, I didn't know you Spectators had a foodie division.
    Shoutout to Shiloh from the DemystifySci podcast. One of the best things for everyone to do, is to eat apricots daily.
    Really just because they're the common food, highest in potassium.
    For our lifestyles, plus even moderate amount of salt intake, most people's relative amount of potassium is WAY off.
    No one's ever hydrated, no one's brain is ever functioning properly.
    (Try to cut out as much salt as possible).
    Also vitamin D is essential for everything. And typically lacking. Must always be balanced with K2.
    Organics make a pretty big difference, whenever available.
    Also, I heard that most people have enough collagen, usually.
    The problem is that, you need to do specific things for body to use collagen properly, and support organ health.
    This gets into biophysics, I only partly understand from podcasts.
    Basically because of things like infrared, and actual gravitational effects on muscles/organs, it's important to be surrounded/enclosed by trees/plants whenever possible, and to stand/walk directly on the ground, gravel or grass.
    (Apparently barefoot is even better, when possible).
    If people increase caffeine (like me) must also increase tyrosine.
    And potassium. (Coffee and tea do have antioxidants, and health benefits).
    Look, I still go to bakeries too much, am skinny while fat in spirit, and possibly gonna get the diabetes (if I'm not careful).
    I'm not perfect, ok?
    Stay healthy, people!

  • @tomhedger7013
    @tomhedger7013 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I thought we had all decided this guy was no longer respected. Maybe I got it wrong or is this the beginning of his rehabilitation?

  • @petekadenz2466
    @petekadenz2466 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Indeed, he’s not.

  • @Jules-Is-a-Guy
    @Jules-Is-a-Guy 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Plenty of healthy fats, plenty of proteins, avoid refined products.
    However, salts.
    Did Prof say salts aren't a serious problem?
    I 'consume' science podcasts fairly often. Salts are a serious problem.
    Maybe instead of "serious," I should say "insidious".
    Salt won't always lead to major health conditions quickly, or even 'directly'.
    (Although, the latter's debatable).

  • @kurtklingklang5918
    @kurtklingklang5918 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Sell out!

    • @jayjaydubful
      @jayjaydubful 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why do you say that?

  • @jorge2757
    @jorge2757 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤❤❤

  • @jamesnunn7181
    @jamesnunn7181 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The lasagna sounds God awful 😅

    • @ShubhadaSinha-i5x
      @ShubhadaSinha-i5x 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jamesnunn7181 you should try the Ottolenghi version. Delicious lentil filling

    • @jamesnunn7181
      @jamesnunn7181 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ I despise ottolenghis restaurants 😅Lived in Islington too long haha

  • @brianbuchanan9838
    @brianbuchanan9838 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Protein doesn't really count as calories as it cannot be turned to fat.

    • @chriskirk3670
      @chriskirk3670 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      It can be converted into glucose in the liver and then into fat. It’s not that it can’t happen its just not a favourable mechanism. It’s really difficult to eat a diet that has excess calories but no carbohydrates or fat that the body can store instead.

    • @ShoppingEmail-dr1fs
      @ShoppingEmail-dr1fs 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      but it's still carbon in. it's used in the body for its entire existence.

  • @TheNewYorker360
    @TheNewYorker360 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Who's this Lara Prendergast? She's not among the Greats in the photo lineup at the top of the SpectatoTV webpage, so does she matter?
    That posh accent. It's like Cindy Yu on steroids. And those glasses: say whaaaaat? She ain't gettin' them at Cohen Optical at 60th and Lex just north of Bloomingdale's, let me tell you.
    Table Talk, huh? Listen, I'll have another (Cafe) Americano, barista. And waiter, a much needed order of humble pie for the tart with the glasses. And hurry.
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