Podcast: A New Way to Count Calories

[@Typhoonbladefist]

His book, "How Not to Diet" definitely goes into how not all calories are created equal and how you process and eat your food can affect how you actually end up absorbing the calories. There's a wealth of knowledge in that book backed up by scientific studies; I highly recommend reading it! And for those of you thinking this video is just a promotion of his book to make money: he donates 100% of the proceeds he receives from all of his books to charity.

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

Paying attention to calorie density is the best weight-loss regimen I've ever tried! Not being hungry and even being able to snack a bit just by restricting high calorie density meat, eggs, dairy, & oils , plus paying attention to fiber diversity, means the pounds are disappearing with no suffering. You do have to learn to cook differently but it's so worth it! Thanks, Dr. Greger, for being a trustworthy info source. ❤

[@dianeladico1769]

Exactly. I lost more weight than I care to say-never hungry, never deprived, no calorie counting. WFPB is the miracle diet.

[@JMo268]

So for every pound I lose I should add a pound of lead to a backpack that I wear all day to continue losing weight at the same rate. 😁

[@limitisillusion7]

Hiking with a weighted backpack or vest will shred fat and it's not overly fatiguing.

[@TheBerkeleyBeauty]

Thanks for the great education as usual, Dr. Greger.

[@archangelarielle262]

I'm 6'1 and used to be 92kg at about 10%bf. I went on risperidone (not for psychosis, but other medical reasons) for months, and it completely tanked my metabolism permanently. I went from eating 4,000-5,000 calories a day, always being lean. To having to scale down to 1,200 calories a day, while losing most of muscle, and increasing body fat% to near 18% at about 70kg. It completely changed my body's composition, with the effects not wearing off, even a year after.

[@leemariesanchez6033]

Best explanation yet, thanks!!

[@wildgeese5707]

I would love it if you would tackle the fact that these weight loss studies almost never include women.

[@judyshepherd5477]

Curious how you get the idea women are not included in studies? The first study mentioned in this video was on women. Plus there are countless others including women.

[@farfiman]

Thank god we are back to nutrition

[@eelkeaptroot1393]

This is an old one, I think...

[@ronspratt2437]

Always making nutrition simple and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@ritajhorn3585]

Good information, thank you for sharing

[@olena_duus]

I get the point but the 3500 "rule" is about the total deficit, not just about eating 3500 calories less to lose a pound/500calories less a day to lose a pound. It actually does take into account that you need to adjust a lot of things. The rule does not say that you don't have to adjust exercise as you go or from the beginning. Actually it says nothing about how you need to reach the 500 calorie deficit pr day. You just need a 500 calorie deficit. Then the rule still works because a deficit is a deficit. If you have the deficit, then you also have adjusted whatever needs to be adjusted so that you still reach the deficit despite metabolic adaptation and other factors. If you haven't adjusted then clearly you don't have a deficit any longer and therefore not following the "rule" any longer either..

[@rockthevote398]

I beg to differ on why we plateau. I'm kind of a freak about tracking things. I decided to go on a low calorie diet. I logged everything I ate and tracked the calories. I lost 100 lbs in a year of this. I also used a spreadsheet to keep track of things like my bmi, the number of calories my current weight required to just exist, and the calories I ate. I plateaued when the number of calories I needed daily to just exist eventually matched the number of calories I was eating daily.

[@Ross-n1i]

David Goggins lost 100 lbs in about 81 days without tracking 🎉

[@LibraryTechAnna]

Yes, that makes sense!

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love these podcasts.

[@sorrywrongplanet8873]

As someone who is down 32 pounds but now ravenously hungry and struggling not to gain weight, even while following the How Not To Diet guidelines, this is very depressing.

[@yogi4lyfe]

Thank you

[@sniperlex1127]

love this stuff

[@revolutionarydefeatism]

I put whatever I buy on a spreadsheet with nutrition facts, and at the end of the month, I know how much I've eaten, including how much fiber, saturated fat, etc.

[@danman3163]

love the content, doc.

[@tranquil2706]

Full of useful information as always, thank you Dr. G.

[@janedough6575]

We shouldn’t be counting calories they are irrelevant. Food quality and nutrient density is what matters.

[@chad4766]

Why do we need a new way. What was wrong with the old way? And who is going to applause for telling us the old way was the wrong way?

[@ponteacampata]

Is such a thing as too much red cabbage real? Like, 4 pounds would be harmful?

[@HoldOnStillProcessing]

Probably not unless you're cooking it in fat or adding fat to it. Dr. Brooke Goldner's protocols require eating AT LEAST 1 pound of cruciferous veg (like red cabbage) a day. Cruciferous works great for cellular healing.

[@catlyn777]

I just don’t think you want to crowd out other foods too much. Gut docs say a big variety of plant foods is best for your gut microbiome. The better the variety, the better. Herbal teas and spices count too. :)

[@Ross-n1i]

​@@HoldOnStillProcessing🤯

[@Ross-n1i]

Hmmm im not sure how much of this is true, but theres probably at least elements of truth

[@v.a.n.e.]

so, the new way to count calories requires you to buy his book first. sounds like a plan.

[@judyshepherd5477]

Most of Dr. Greger's content is available at no cost to the general public. Profits from his books are donated to charity.

[@v.a.n.e.]

that's charming. did you buy/own/read his book?

[@Charlie-502]

Oprah LIED!

[@mu999]

Лайк, но по факту у калорий нет влияния на вес, всё зависит от продукта. Можно сьесть банку мёда за день и похудеть и банку сгущёнки и поправится.

[@v.a.n.e.]

что повысит уровень инсулина; баночка меда или баночка сгущенки?

[@mu999]

@@v.a.n.e. любой углевод повысит, собственно, как и белок. В инсулине нет ничего страшного, на фруктах люди в скелеты превращаются - одну фруктозу едят и худеют.

[@v.a.n.e.]

@@mu999 ну, я не говорю, что с инсулином что-то не так. но что увеличение инсулина приведет к увеличению жировых отложений. кроме того, чем меньше стимуляция секреции инсулина, тем больше потеря жировых отложений. инсулин - гормон запасания энергии.

[@meonyoutubenow]

Calorie counting is wrong. If caloric defiency translated into fat loss it would entail the bypassing of using the body’s glycogen stores to the point of depletion. No one achieves that on any given day unless they are on a ketogenic diet which in an of itself results in glyconeogenesis rather than using extra fat. The only way of efficently and sustainably losing fat mass is to eat a high fiber low (no) oil diet and increase lung capacity. I am happy he made that abudantly clear at the end of the video so I don’t even have to bother answers the expected loonies that immediately feel compelled to contradict me. 😂

[@BorisK296]

This is dumb, of course the 3,500 calorie rule means from your TDEE, not from the TDEE you had a year ago

[@BorisK296]

@Strwbryy111 yeah I agree. But he shouldn't call the 3,500 calorie=1 lbs "rule" wrong because of that.

[@krakraichbinda]

I never count calories. I only count the sugar content. Then calorie is not a calorie.

[@um4668]

Sugar doesn't matter if calories are accounted for and protein goal is met

[@krakraichbinda]

@@um4668 Well, the best proof that calorie is not a calorie is ozempic. If you control your hormones, you control your hunger. The human body doesn't have any calorimeter, but it receives satiety (leptin) or hunger (ghrelin) signals. If you are eating 1000 kcal, you can't even estimate how many calories you may absorb, cause some calories are absorbed by your biom. It depends on many factors like composition or form. Yes, you are eating not only for yourself!

[@MrTrda]

What a load of crap

[@failuretocomunicate5266]

Speaking of yourself.

[@mugflub]

The affectations in your speech are off-putting and make the podcast nearly unlistenable. Just speak, please. The performative grunts and over-emphasis are not necessary.

[@aroundandround]

Clickbait, nothing “new” here.

[@Kayte...]

Might be for people just beginning their journey to better health.