The title is inherently incorrect I feel. Calories _do_ count. 1. Take a person who needs 2000kcal a day. Feed them a ‘perfect’ diet measured at 2000kcal. Do this for two weeks. Keep the persons physical activity and stress exactly the same. 2. Note there’s no weight loss or gains after two weeks 3. Add a daily 125g of protein or carbs or 55g of fat (these equate to 500kcal a day) and maintain the physical activity and stress. 4. Re-measure after two weeks. The person will have gained weight (likely near 2lbs) Calories _do_ matter. Calorie counting _can_ and does work for millions. It’s all the things around which make it challenging; stress, recovery, small movements (NEAT), the foods you eat, when you eat…etc. This is why it’s so difficult to find what works for you, and to measure this consistently. That’s what this video was about; it’s what they are all about…
For someone that lost 55kg on a whole food plant based diet, counting calories and walking I don't quite agree with what he is saying. Everyone's journey is different, so if you're watching this, my advice is do your own research and whatever weight loss solution works for you, do that.
I love to see someone pointing out that processed foods *could* be healthy. They are intentionally not healthy, they are intentionally maximally profitable. If the guidance that was given to the food scientists was to create cost effective, healthy processed food, they absolutely could. It isn't the technology of processing that is the problem it is that the technology is being abused to maximize revenue:cost ratio not to maximize the health:cost ratio.
I think its more about consumers won't buy healthy products, because the taste isn't as addictive, and the cost would likely be much more. The market is consumer driven. If you want healthy, get some sardines, or some salad, or a pork chop, some unsweeted yogurt, or some cheese to much on..
@northyland1157 no, that is the food industry victim blaming, which is their modus operandi. Let's take beyond meat burgers for example They are quite healthy. High in protein, high in mono unsaturated fats, zero fructose and very low carbs, and they're delicious. Beyond is fighting for survival though, because of a concerted FUD campaign from the industrial meat producers where they have managed to convince the very market that would be beyond's initial market that they're unhealthy, simply because it is processed. So yeah the consumer isn't buying, but the consumer isn't buying because of a carefully constructed and very well funded misinformation campaign.
*This* I did not know before watching this podcast. I thought I knew just about everything I could know about healthy eating without needing to delve into the research papers myself but Dr Yeo's concept of the appetite triangle -- i.e. hunger, feeling full, and rewards all influencing the others -- is totally new to me *and* it sounds so obvious and easy to understand as soon as it is explained.
This is so fascinating. So if it was all just math then calories in-calories out is all there is to it. But then there are nutritional needs like protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber. And appetite regulation, and emotions, and pleasure, grehlin, leptin, and endless nuance. So one is the study of how to get people to lose weight and the other is the study of losing it and keeping it off, or maybe never gaining it in the first place. I mean the fact that most diets, including CICO diets, fail in the long term speaks to the need to look at the nuances and not just do the calorie math.
Don't Count Calories, and Calories Don't Count ate the same words, with different meanings. Calories do most certainly count in the calories in calculation.
Not being able to cope with longer forms of information is a symptom of what is being called "brain rot" from too much social media, specifically short form videos. If you can't cope with 12 minutes of the most interesting speaker on this topic, you might want to look into that. 🤔
Saying ""don't count calories, but eat 16% of your calories in protein" is nonsensical and ludicrous. How do I know when I've eaten 16% of my calories in protein if I'm not counting calories, Doctor???? I track my food and that includes calories and macros, I aim for a minimum of 150g protein daily and stay in a calorie balance (I use a Garmin watch and daily bodyweight checks run thrugh a moving average to triangulate this) and am able to eat a very healthy whole foods diet, build muscle, progress in a demanding strength sport, and stay at an ideal weight. It works if you do it.
Counting calories is a dumb way to lose weight. Eat the right foods, and the weight will come flying off. I went from 205 lbs+ to 165 and never counted a calorie. I skip breakfast. Lunch is a huge salad with cheese, avocado, mushrooms, cucumber, peppers, brocolli with heathly vinegar and oil dressing and any meat I want. Dinner is greek yogurt 5% unsweetened with blueberries on top and more meat or 3 eggs with cheese. I don't snack. Drinks: coffee Tea water and one V8 juice with dinner (low sodium).
What he says is pretty basic. A calorie is not a calorie. I've listened to him in the past and he was so negative with plantbased diets, which I find problemeatic because no scientist would ever dismiss plant based diets including vegan diets and large health and dietetic organizations say that such diets can be healthy.
This guy is using lots of words to tell us that calories are one dimensional. Even in primary school we learn that food is composed of proteins, carbohydrates etc and that these are important and are equally worthy of counting as are calories.
Just because they taught you about food and the food pyramid in school, doesn't mean its right, or the best way to eat. A lot of carbs is great for a kid who plays soccer and runs around all day. But when you grow up and get older, those same carbs turn into a beer belly, fatty liver, Type 2 diabetes, etc and cause all sorts of heath problems.
Why are you interviewing Steven Bartlett, who was very recently disgraced by the BBC, by over a dozen health experts, for pedaling demonstrably false health advice?
The title is inherently incorrect I feel. Calories _do_ count.
1. Take a person who needs 2000kcal a day. Feed them a ‘perfect’ diet measured at 2000kcal. Do this for two weeks. Keep the persons physical activity and stress exactly the same.
2. Note there’s no weight loss or gains after two weeks
3. Add a daily 125g of protein or carbs or 55g of fat (these equate to 500kcal a day) and maintain the physical activity and stress.
4. Re-measure after two weeks. The person will have gained weight (likely near 2lbs)
Calories _do_ matter. Calorie counting _can_ and does work for millions. It’s all the things around which make it challenging; stress, recovery, small movements (NEAT), the foods you eat, when you eat…etc. This is why it’s so difficult to find what works for you, and to measure this consistently.
That’s what this video was about; it’s what they are all about…
For someone that lost 55kg on a whole food plant based diet, counting calories and walking I don't quite agree with what he is saying. Everyone's journey is different, so if you're watching this, my advice is do your own research and whatever weight loss solution works for you, do that.
I love to see someone pointing out that processed foods *could* be healthy. They are intentionally not healthy, they are intentionally maximally profitable. If the guidance that was given to the food scientists was to create cost effective, healthy processed food, they absolutely could. It isn't the technology of processing that is the problem it is that the technology is being abused to maximize revenue:cost ratio not to maximize the health:cost ratio.
I think its more about consumers won't buy healthy products, because the taste isn't as addictive, and the cost would likely be much more. The market is consumer driven. If you want healthy, get some sardines, or some salad, or a pork chop, some unsweeted yogurt, or some cheese to much on..
@northyland1157 no, that is the food industry victim blaming, which is their modus operandi.
Let's take beyond meat burgers for example They are quite healthy. High in protein, high in mono unsaturated fats, zero fructose and very low carbs, and they're delicious. Beyond is fighting for survival though, because of a concerted FUD campaign from the industrial meat producers where they have managed to convince the very market that would be beyond's initial market that they're unhealthy, simply because it is processed.
So yeah the consumer isn't buying, but the consumer isn't buying because of a carefully constructed and very well funded misinformation campaign.
*This* I did not know before watching this podcast. I thought I knew just about everything I could know about healthy eating without needing to delve into the research papers myself but Dr Yeo's concept of the appetite triangle -- i.e. hunger, feeling full, and rewards all influencing the others -- is totally new to me *and* it sounds so obvious and easy to understand as soon as it is explained.
There's always more to learn 😊
This is so fascinating. So if it was all just math then calories in-calories out is all there is to it. But then there are nutritional needs like protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber. And appetite regulation, and emotions, and pleasure, grehlin, leptin, and endless nuance. So one is the study of how to get people to lose weight and the other is the study of losing it and keeping it off, or maybe never gaining it in the first place. I mean the fact that most diets, including CICO diets, fail in the long term speaks to the need to look at the nuances and not just do the calorie math.
I love Dr. Giles Yeo, I watch anything video he is in. He's so interesting even Jonathan didn't talk as much as usual 😂
LOve this episode... thanks!!
Don't Count Calories, and Calories Don't Count ate the same words, with different meanings. Calories do most certainly count in the calories in calculation.
12 minutes in and I’m like, “Get on with it!”
Not being able to cope with longer forms of information is a symptom of what is being called "brain rot" from too much social media, specifically short form videos. If you can't cope with 12 minutes of the most interesting speaker on this topic, you might want to look into that. 🤔
Saying ""don't count calories, but eat 16% of your calories in protein" is nonsensical and ludicrous. How do I know when I've eaten 16% of my calories in protein if I'm not counting calories, Doctor????
I track my food and that includes calories and macros, I aim for a minimum of 150g protein daily and stay in a calorie balance (I use a Garmin watch and daily bodyweight checks run thrugh a moving average to triangulate this) and am able to eat a very healthy whole foods diet, build muscle, progress in a demanding strength sport, and stay at an ideal weight. It works if you do it.
Counting calories is a dumb way to lose weight. Eat the right foods, and the weight will come flying off. I went from 205 lbs+ to 165 and never counted a calorie. I skip breakfast. Lunch is a huge salad with cheese, avocado, mushrooms, cucumber, peppers, brocolli with heathly vinegar and oil dressing and any meat I want. Dinner is greek yogurt 5% unsweetened with blueberries on top and more meat or 3 eggs with cheese. I don't snack. Drinks: coffee Tea water and one V8 juice with dinner (low sodium).
What he says is pretty basic. A calorie is not a calorie. I've listened to him in the past and he was so negative with plantbased diets, which I find problemeatic because no scientist would ever dismiss plant based diets including vegan diets and large health and dietetic organizations say that such diets can be healthy.
Plant based diets are unnatural for humans - they cannot live on them without artificial supplements.
I remember this guy in that BBC show a few years back. Yikes.
I actually over eat. Yet im over weight. Dont have ravenous appetite i do have insomnia however
What about FATS?
This guy is using lots of words to tell us that calories are one dimensional. Even in primary school we learn that food is composed of proteins, carbohydrates etc and that these are important and are equally worthy of counting as are calories.
Just because they taught you about food and the food pyramid in school, doesn't mean its right, or the best way to eat. A lot of carbs is great for a kid who plays soccer and runs around all day. But when you grow up and get older, those same carbs turn into a beer belly, fatty liver, Type 2 diabetes, etc and cause all sorts of heath problems.
Does anybody else find this presenter annoying? I mean not just on this video.
Why are you interviewing Steven Bartlett, who was very recently disgraced by the BBC, by over a dozen health experts, for pedaling demonstrably false health advice?
You guys usually have some good videos and mostly good advices, but boy, this one is badddd.
What do you disagree with?