Straight Facts: Biggest Fat Loss Misconceptions & Mistakes

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Jerry Brainum gives the straight facts on the biggest myths in fat loss and how to avoid making these frustrating fat burning mistakes.
For many people across the world, weight loss is a nightmare. There is an entire industry and culture behind weight loss. Companies that attempt to sell you the next big trick to lose weight without the stress. Many are scams. Some are based in truth but oversold and oversimplified. But the mere existence of the fat loss industry showcases one painful truth - it is hard to lose weight for many individuals across the world. In our latest episode of Straight Facts, Jerry Brainum debunks the biggest fat loss myths and shares tips on how to avoid these big fat burning mistakes.
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[@paulgianni]

Thank you for this video. When I was in my teens, I ate anything I wanted, but couldn't gain weight and looked like a pipe cleaner. The doctor simply recommended I eat pasta and breads. At 17 years-old, I weighed 135 lbs when I left for Marine Corps boot camp. Today I'm in my fifties and can't seem to lose my spare tire. Times have certainly changed. I want to stick with a more ketogenic diet, but my Vietnamese wife insists I'll die if I don't eat rice.

[@basemgerges1979]

Jason Fung, Thomas Delauer, Dr. Berg got me on the keto wagon 6 years ago. Yes I lost weight, and sure there is a lot of truth regarding autophagy, longevity and so on, but it is near impossible to put on muscle and carbs are just plain great. I was on keto for 5 years, but I wasn’t enjoying what I was eating and my gains in the gym were pathetic. Then I start eating carbs again and boy, in one year I’ve gained muscle, lost fat and haven’t felt deprived for cutting out any macros. I eat healthy though. So ketos good but u can only do it for so long before losing your sanity. Just my two cents

[@G3O.On3]

Carbs = Life

[@brianbadonde8700]

The body likes carbs especially if you're active or physically pushing yourself in anyway, they may not be essential to survive but they are beneficial for performance and make people feel good.

[@booty121212]

Keto just isn't sustainable. It's great for short term fat loss . How can you push hard in the gym when you are carb depleted?

[@gregnate1384]

I have been extreme zero carb(carnivore for about 2 years), and keto for about a year after that. I lost a lost of weight(40 lbs)but my gym performance plateaued fairly quickly - after about 6 months. It didn't seem to matter how much of a caloric surplus I was in, muscle gains and strength slowed waaaaay down. Another weird thing that I never got used to was that while 100% carnivore, I could never get a pump in the gym. After a couple years of that, I reintroduced carbs into my diet, including starches and sugars from fruit. Oh my gosh - almost overnight, I started piling on the weight, and my strength went thru the roof. I'm a 55 year old male, and my strength was close to what it was like in my 30s. Plus, the crazy pump returned as well. .... but along with my strength and muscle gains, many of my health issues started returning - skin issues, gut issues, hi blood pressure, and of course high blood sugar. My depression also started returning. Not good. What I did next kind of combined the two diets, plus I added intermittent fasting to my regime. Today, I eat similar to a Dr Berg clean keto diet, but my total carb intake is between 40-80 grams/day. I try to keep my total sugars around 20mg or less. I do a 16:8 IF feeding window 3-5 days/week. And then I do a 48-72 hour fast about once every month. I am so pleased with this setup as not only is it something that I can easily do on a daily basis, but my gym performance and my health measures(both physical and mental). My blood work is kick ass - lipids as well as glucose and A1C. Fasting + low-to-moderate carb consumption has been the winning ticket for me. I am reporting my experience based on the past 3+ years of dieting, very active fitness, and medical successes. I'm off all meds(except antidepressant) and my health stats are excellent. Honestly, I feel better than I did in my 30s. I need to say something that may ruffle some feathers here:. Carnivore and Keto diets were pivotal in me regaining my health. But after the weight loss and return to insulin sensitivity, Carnivore started presenting new, different issues. The switch to Keto helped with this - primarily in getting my gut back in shape. The final key to success for me was in practicing intermittent fasting, and bumping up my carbs just a little bit. For what it's worth, I consume most of my carbs after a gym workout. The other 1-2 meals are almost exclusively fat and protein. Also, I do not snack between meals. I was never able to add muscle on strict Carnivore. I was able to lose weight like crazy, but true lean mass gain became near impossible. This was reflected not only by my gym performance, but by 8 body scans over the period of 36 months.

[@booty121212]

@@gregnate1384 zero carb higher fat diets are best for short term rapid fat burning no doubt

[@thespartanphysique]

So much knowledge. Thanks a lot Jerry!!

[@robertpezzi8778]

This guy is a great source of info!!!

[@kentborges5114]

JERRY KNOWS ! Right on !

[@karenb.2012]

One of my favorite videos!! ❤️this!! VLC or LC meal plans are the best way to go for better health! Lower insulin = Better Health! My workouts are better & I have stable blood sugar, energy levels by eating protein, saturated fat & others fats. Best way for me to manage my Reactive Hypoglycemia!

[@G3O.On3]

Jerry was super funny on this one!

[@TeddyBare4u]

What a powerful and informative video on the topic of fat concepts; loss, eating and types of bodies effected. Also, Jerry Brainum speaks in plain English not strict medical terms.

[@Benny.13]

Jerry you rock!

[@needu4975]

Best fat loss technique I found for myself: Cut carbs and increase your water and protein intake. Always have a glass of water before and with your meals. Go up to a gallon a day at least. Stop it around 90min before bed time. Works like a charm. Try it for 8 weeks.

[@Jamessmart1254]

Listening to this man can make any man or woman want to stay healthy for life his knowledge is impeccable 💪

[@raymondsalazar5291]

I have CAH and on treatments. Asides from that i went from 31% down to now 11% bf no cardio in about a year intermittent fasting played a huge role i believe me my weight loss

[@kevinfernandez-uo6bf]

Jerry, absolutely love your program! On the topic of excessive protein not contributing to increased adipose tissue increases, I speculate that perhaps the reason lies in the digestion of the protein. Would it not be a reasonable conclusion that the body cannot process and therefore store that which it does not digest?

[@NJN23]

a calorie is a calorie when it comes to the scale, but not when it comes to body fat percentage; when it comes to body fat percentage the macros within those calories come into play

[@parasmisri]

"GOLD CONTENT " ✅🔥

[@LAURENTMARTORELL]

I cannot agree more on what is being said in this video ;)

[@nicholastruman3955]

Liked your talk Jerry. Your compassion about the subject of willpower was refreshing. For me, the book Mastering The Zone (zone diet) in the 80’s,was the amazing transformation for me! Being a lover of all types of food and eating as well as an athlete it did the trick. No matter a snack or a massive meal, just keep the proportions of Carbs,protein and fat on track and voilà. Even now at 65yo still extremely physically active but of course consuming more supplements to help with inflammation and yes under a Dr. supervision for testosterone replacement therapy. Couldn’t be happier as long as I can stay free of injuries!

[@deanpaulson6714]

Legend been involved in fitness for 40 years NOBODY comes close to this man ! Don't like he's Liberal politics but that aside legend.😂😂😂

[@outdoorsman9384]

And every one forgets, that when we eat high protein and low Carbohydrates we stay in a fat burning cycle , every time you put too many carbohydrates in are body , all burning fat comes too an end, all the body can do now is call out Insulin and the body hole gig now is too store the Glycegen into stored fat, if not burning it, so it makes sense if you want to lose weight as rapidly as possible, stay on high protein low carbs so the body stays burning fat instead of trying to utilize all the carbs and what's not burned, is stored too fat, when you get up in the morning after you go to sleep for 8 hours, the body wakes up in fat burning mode, we ruin that process every time carbohydrates load happens, have a great day.

[@gymrat8350]

Ur right brother

[@Benny.13]

I still have some of my IRONMAN magazines from the 90s are they worth anything? I used to love those

[@adayinthelife2052]

Good video and very well put. I can’t stand when anyone says anabolic steroids or fat burners give you the body you have. No matter what you take you still have to put in the work.

[@promo130]

Yeah alot less work,

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

For some results all the work in the world won't happen without roids

[@ronaldmccutcheon1329]

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 If I could choose between great genetics and great drugs, I'm taking genetics every time.

[@unclecarney1526]

Wow I learned alot…

[@vinces5761]

Wow he knows everything. He's like a human encyclopedia

[@williamlawlor7445]

Diet depends on the person's metabolism which varies for different ppl. It really comes down to trail and error for ppl. Everyone is different. Whether someone is natty or not comes into it as well.

[@jesusu.4647]

This comfirms my several failed attempts to lose fat while eating higher carbs than usual while eating the exact same calories as on keto. Workouts felt as bad as on keto but with the added drawback of being hungry all the time. The CICO fanatics will say I miscounted my total calories or that I just lost water weight but this is not the case.

[@serafinoanselmo8329]

How about whey protein. Will that convert into fat if eaten too much?

[@lucasglowacki4683]

100 calories of oats is different than a 100 calories of Snickers. You will look very different eating 3000 calories of Snickers a day versus 3000 calories of oats…

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

Better yet 3000 calories of steak & eggs than sugar

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

Lucas? proof?

[@user-vd7gn4bx1t]

@@Hedgeflexlfz It's pretty obvious. First of all there would be a great difference in body composition. The guy eating oats would have much more muscle as he is eating more protein, making him burn more calories. Also, calories in calories out is not entirely accurate. Most people say 1 g of fiber is 4 calories yet the body can't break it down 100% as it lacks the digestive enzymes. Protein is also special as it can't convert to fat. Yep you read that right (PROTEIN CAN NOT BE CONVERTED TO FAT). Atleat in non-extreme circumstances.

[@brianbadonde8700]

I'm not so sure about that, the oats is much better from a nutritional point of view but I don't think there would be any difference in appearance, the insulin response from snickers bars would be lower than straight sugar because of the fat content from the nuts, if you said 3000 calories from a healthy balanced diet v 3000 snickers calories I'd agree

[@NJN23]

@@user-vd7gn4bx1t Protein can certainly be stored as fat. It contains calories (energy), if it is part of a calorie surplus the calories (energy) have to go somewhere, it just doesn't disappear. Excess protein gets converted to glucose via gluconeogenesis and stored as body fat

[@jillphilips3788]

Please Share facts on Brown fats that eliminates body Fats ?!

[@MrApplewine]

That's why we have a whole field of science to study metabolism. If calories were just "calor" AKA heat and the body was a furnace with only combustion and one output in the form of heat, then we wouldn't need to study metabolism. Also, it may be easier to gain fat with high fat, even with a ketogenic diet for a given amount of fat and calories contant. But, if you are eating high protein to limit hunger and maintain muscle, along with strength training, and your blood sugar is low due to eating fat instead of carbohydrates, then the glucose will be low enough to oxidize the body fat you do have. And, if you are in a calorie deficit it will metabolize more body body fat. I believe this is the opposite of what was thought with the Randal Cycle. But, if you think about it, the body wants to burn glucose first, which I think we knew. Only alcohol is prioritized before that. At least this is my understanding of the top of my head and what I heard.

[@pacboy24]

“FASTING” and less calories!!!! its suuuuuucks but results are garantee!!!!!

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Say bye bye to muscles broski

[@jeremiahboykins9642]

@@DarkoFitCoach inaccurate i fast during Ramadan and keep all my muscle it just turns fat into muscle as long as I’m working out

[@DarkoFitCoach]

@@jeremiahboykins9642 the fuck? Fat cant turn into muscle or bice versa. Read more books beaides koran buddy

[@tendr247]

So glad eating protein won’t make me fatter. ( I read different earlier elsewhere) I miss sweet creamy coffee though.

[@davidcoomber4050]

Jerry and Ivor Cummings are the only two people you can trust as experts

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

Calories in, calories out. Don’t watch carbs, don’t watch fat. I eat a balanced diet with a lot of protein. Im lean, and didn’t need keto, vegan, nor fasting. All I needed was patience, and protein.

[@michaelpost4457]

"I should point out also that this woman had a horrific looking body" "she was skinny and fat at the same time!" Damn Jerry you're brutal 😂

[@ronaldmccutcheon1329]

I love listening to you, Jerry, but why do the leanest people in the world eat 6 or so times a day? I'm 59 and have average genetics. I'm 7-8% bf. I eat 6-8 small daily meals.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I lose weight on moderate Protein , low complex carbs , moderate fat , high roughage . I am down 45 lbs so far .

[@henhowell2433]

Interesting that he says that burning in a calorie deficit is a myth but yet States that to burn fat and oxidize fat we must be in a caloric deficit 13:25

[@Random-rt5ec]

Took up a Keto diet & dropped 30 LBS in 6 months plus gained strength with 4 days/week workouts. But at 8 months my weight loss stopped & I lost energy.

[@liamwalsh2467]

The best way to lose weight is to eat foods with a low g.i index.If you eat a bacon and egg sandwich in the morning it will keep you full for longer and you will not eat so much.You should avoid processed foods and foods with lots of sugar ,alcohol ice cream cookies.You body has no use for the sugar and just ends up storing it as fat.Also take a reasonable of exercise swimming and cycling. That will help as well. Liam

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Or just be in caloric deficit and lose bodyweight

[@christopherdavis4135]

Losing body weight doesn't necessarily mean losing bodyfat, hence why the scale isn't the way to judge fat loss.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

@@christopherdavis4135 correct. I was talking about bodyweight. For bodyfat scale doesnt say much

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

@@christopherdavis4135 you will still lose body fat in a caloric deficit. If you do it right you will only lose fat and lose little to no muscle.

[@ronaldmccutcheon1329]

@@christopherdavis4135 I preach this to clients every day. Americans are obsessed with WEIGHT. It makes me crazy. I tell them to amputate their legs and they'll lose weight.

[@davidcoomber4050]

I’m now get 75% of my energy from fat on keto , when I train I burn fat not sugar , the body has far more fat than sugar so fat if far more sustainable fuel source, if you burn sugar you constantly need to top up the intake to meet the bodies needs and in so doing you don’t burn fat and the body stores that fat. It’s that simple .

[@brucejensen3081]

Not that I can find any studies on this, very strange as it's the most important factor in shredding, so I have to go on my own experience. If you change high energy carbohydrate to low energy carbohydrate so same volume but lower energy, your metabolism increases. Over time when you lose fat or muscle your metabolism decreases. Your energy levels do decrease as you have less energy in and a lot of your energy is put into extra digestion workload, which has to be factored in, like stimulants help, but you have to force yourself to keep up activity. Thinking probably best just to use stimulants when shredding, so they are effective. As long as you aren't nutritionally deficient there won't be any hunger, the excess workload and stimulants might stop grelin all together as it has with me, which could be a negative on HGH. all other ways of shredding to me seem so redundant

[@daleg1322]

Hey Jerry, in general, with a relatively balanced diet, not extreme (zero carbs or high protein) 500 less calories per day for 7 days and you loose about a pound of fat per week. Don't make it so complicated.

[@daxchapman346]

I think fat is just easier to eat an excess of calories with because there are calories for each gram of fat. It comes down to calories but the calories build up faster with fat calories.

[@rjevans2728]

CICO = Dunning-Kruger Randle Cycle FTW ps: human body is an *OPEN* thermodynamic system, exchanging energy and matter. Second Law is more relevant.

[@clarencedunn4155]

Yo this man said the chick at the gym body was horrific lol. Whoa

[@DynomiteJones944]

Next time the tour da France is on, look who wins, and the sprinter, their legs put most BB to shame, competitive cyclist do not work their upper bodies to ensure the bulk of their power is in the legs. These athletes are anomalies as they for all purposes they over train, over use but their legs are just insane in some cases especially the ones that are considered sprinters, their legs are just huge, one of the most impressive legs less Tom platzs is a cyclist and his upper body is quite impressive and there athletes are some of best studied, taken car of in just about every way so let’s not call out a group of professional athletes with out knowing the whole story. And yes I come here for what I believe is one of the best complete stories there are.

[@offthechainfitness]

Send this to Greg Douchette

[@judeghnaim4427]

“Dying is not a good way to lose weight” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leegreen4641]

Carbs and sugar out

[@brucejensen3081]

You can count your calories in but not calories out, so what really is the point

[@joeysantillo8977]

Obese people rarely live into their 80s. Have you ever noticed that most really old people are normal to skinny sized? I think the big trick to keto is you consume less net calories. Some like it but I enjoy all food groups and can keep my diet for life and am not over fat.

[@AjaychinuShah]

The most impossible difficult thing is to convince they could not derive the 10 General Relativity equations or even Russian or India compared to isis Pakistani.

[@onno1000]

Lol.. 'dying is not a good way to loose fat'

[@henhowell2433]

You have to remember those studies are also biased towards an agenda, and a lot of these agendas such as any percentage of body fat over what is deemed by their guidelines as unhealthy, is funded by insurance companies.

[@jondeth298]

*What I have read is the body will ultimately oxidize excess protein, so an abundance is never turned to fat.* The problem is, high protein intake ages you and these are extreme protein diets.

[@promo130]

To much proteins is bad for the liver

[@christopherdavis4135]

It can stress the kidneys depending on the person, not sure about the liver though.

[@brucejensen3081]

You have tried every diet, but not the most logical. I think if I am after nutritional information, I should just talk to dairy farmers, they might not be the brightest, but in this field they are miles ahead

[@brucejensen3081]

Like the talk is about what causes weight loss and what to do to keep it on. I know cows are different, but when a woman does something it's easy to understand, if you understand why a cow does the same thing, same with eating patterns

[@NJN23]

Just works on paper???? so tell me where the calories (energy) from protein go if you consume huge amounts of protein which causes a caloric surplus? It gets converted to glucose, then eventually stored as fat if not used.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Yes ur correct. But in reality it is very very hard to overeat on protein. Plus proteim has thermic effect of about 30% and increases satiety to the max = no way to get fat from protein. On paper yes in reality no

[@NJN23]

@@DarkoFitCoach maybe in reality it’s not as easy to over eat on protein, but to say no is just wrong.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

@@NJN23 mathematically wrong. But nobody ever got fat by eating protein. Never happened and never will. Physically impossible.

[@NJN23]

@@DarkoFitCoach if your TDEE is 2000 and you consume 3500 calories, most of which is protein, tell me where the 1500 surplus calories go.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

@@NJN23 try consuming 3500cals of protein. Thats 800grams of protein. Impossible to eat. Ur chasing a mathematical theory. I give u reality

[@kushty1]

Have a conversation with Greg Doucette and see who's right. I'm with Greg.

[@AjaychinuShah]

Idk how even to articulate what I am hearing. Hispanic Einstein’s stupidest worm hole theory. They know still one thing ‘Idk.’

[@jhonkallum1177]

carbs make u feel fuller

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

Protein makes you feel fuller.

[@brucejensen3081]

You have to stop using these broad terms like fat protein and carbohydrate and you might learn. The thermogenic effect of eating gristle and egg is so much different. You can't say 30 grams of egg protein has higher thermogenic than 30 grams of ghost chilli carbohydrate. 100 calories of egg is going to be less thermogenic than 50 calories of Jerusalem artichoke mixed with 50 calories of ghost chillies

[@brucejensen3081]

It's good you are debunking myths, but you are using some myths on occasion to do so

[@michaelwachtel2933]

Eh Gerry why doesn’t Arnold talk to you, maybe because you never placed at the Olympia 🤔

[@r34ct4]

Amazing content, but I don't understand why you don't just use a proper microphone? it's very boomy.

[@AjaychinuShah]

They have a max I.q. Of 160 and talk like a hundred Paul Beta Lions. Wth? Wth?

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

The elbow makes people fat, the more the elbows bend towards the mouth, the fatter the person. All jokes aside, too much of anything can be bad.

[@user-hg8rw5sp8p]

Not scientific! He keeps saying: " but what actually happens is so and so"! He presents no evidence at all...

[@charlotteh8174]

Nor do you, cite your references that refute his claims.. or shut your pie hole and stop spouting off during Ramadan. Be better.. Ramadan mubarak.

[@JahirGraham]

TRUE