WEIGHT LOSS MYTHS: Everything You Have Been Told About Diet & Exercise is WRONG! | Dr. Tim Spector

[@TomBilyeu]

WARNING: I will never ask for your contact info in the comments section, that is someone impersonating me!

[@UnitedStatesNational]

And btw,. I am 65 years old and swim almost every day but not far, only a couple of miles unless the surf is good. Y'all are killing yourselves with the food you eat...but it makes no difference to me. Hint: If you stink, you are eating the wrong kind of food. When you switch to fruits, the first thing you notice is that the body odor smell goes away completely. Ahem, ladies, that includes YOU. Stinky body parts have EVERYTHING to do with your intake of foods. Duh.....

[@davidbrown4271]

Why do you chime in here about fraud alerts ?

[@artnone1257]

mushrooms are very tasty, try champignon, they are very good

[@tonysellztampa7873]

Just starting my journey from 450 lbs. Down 25 ln 8 weeks. I have joined a PFit gym and hit train 30 min 6 days a week. It's going to be a slow process but I feel better, stronger, and eat much. Cleaner. Anxiety I'd all but gone. It's a lifestyle change for sure. I appreciate this podcast as I continue to educate myself in hoe to be my most effective optimal self for my family and Real Estate business. Good luck everyone. TY Tom

[@IndigoWisdom1]

You can do it

[@veronicacervantes1082]

I love ur talks Tom! They have helped both my son and I a ton… we struggle with anxiety and depression and exercise and diet help so much. It’s hard to stay on track sometimes for one reason or another but we try. Thank you 🙏

[@jonburton8054]

Tom check out Paul Revelia on here. I'm not kidding I went from 205 to 150. I knew nothing before I got into his stuff.. not joking

[@williamkreth]

Hell ya! Keep it up!

[@bardsamok9221]

@@jonburton8054 150? What are you 4 ft tall?

[@aiyka_music]

Would appreciate timestamps in the description for these long videos!!

[@paulanelson8618]

YESSSSSS please TIME STAMP!

[@BE_TRUE_BE_YOU]

JUST WATCH THE VID U SHITTERS

[@tabmax22]

For those who don’t know, he’s the cofounder of Zoe - a start up that creates a fully tailored meal plan individual to you. He’s just overcomplicating health and making it sound super nuanced and subject to individual variance so that he can sell you his stupid Zoe subscription. There’s nothing overly complicated about health, just eat a clean diet, avoid ultra-processed foods, do some weight lifting and cardio and you’ll lose weight

[@musicmonsterman8395]

Hard agree. I don't like or understand the message he is spreading. "Too much fruit and oatmeal is bad for you" LOL yeah sure bud

[@casselskeep]

@@musicmonsterman8395 it depends on your individual blood sugar response. That may be affected by your microbiome which is usually his angle. Some people may be ok with oatmeal others not.

[@tabmax22]

​@@casselskeep​ you don't need to be a hypochondriac about your blood sugar levels though. If you're eating a balanced clean diet and exercising then you'll be fine...

[@elmakiogr8097]

When someone says that training and counting calories is not useful, you know he talks shit

[@casselskeep]

@@elmakiogr8097 his point is generally slightly more nuanced in that most people cant count calories. Even if you do accurately count them then the same number of calories contained in different foods will have different effects and different amounts of calories will be absorbed. If you are a body builder measuring out your portions then that is a different situation. If you are eating a whole food diet without ultra processed foods which induce overeating then your can rely on your natural satiety response to regulate your calorie intake.

[@610vegas]

I work on a construction site, I see allot of men doing 8 or 9 hours hard physical work a day and plenty of them are way overweight it’s all about what u put in your body and how much

[@HiNickCares]

It's about intensity more than duration.

[@jellybeanvinkler4878]

​@Steven Gregory I think duration, too. I had a "busy" job but not necessarily physical. But I was on my feet all day, moving, working, busy. Within a month of retiring, after a cruise and Christmas holiday, I had gained 20 lbs. I, of course, ate more, but I was sitting around not working it off.😢

[@HiNickCares]

@@jellybeanvinkler4878 It's about intensity more than duration.

[@yogeshshidhaye7332]

U r so right I see all these construction workers in Toronto who no doubt work really hard in harsh weather but are very overweight because they eat tim bits, doughnuts coke and the largest possible coffee size with cream and sugar

[@alicemcduff3416]

When he said "I think we would all be vegetarians" he lost me. I never felt better than on keto/ketovore.

[@JRoseBooks]

Vegetarian keto is a thing FYI. It works! And it’s easy. 😊

[@soniak2269]

Tim eats a pretty high fat diet, mostly plant based. I think the key is just avoid ultra processed food, I think some people do great with Keto, animal based, some people do well plant based. The common denominator in both is ditching the the processed garbage, which I think is the key with all diet/lifestyles if they’re going to work.

[@mariamunguia8863]

Think if everyone went back to cooking and ditch all fast food and if the groceries stores did away with all the center isles we would all be more healthy. I started keto the less veggies I ate the better I felt and all my inflammation I had went away and lost weight. Do away with fast food places and humanity would be better off. But that will never happen because people go there because they easy and cheaper.

[@bardsamok9221]

Yeah 100%, the Zoe company this guy is part of is vegan religion as a profit machine masquerading as science with extreme flakey claims, they frequently push pro vegan pseudoscience and propaganda. Often using outdated or extremely poor quality flawed studies to push their vegan dogma nonsense on social media. Pseudoscience profiteers.

[@stephaniebell3891]

Same

[@SaraB2017]

I love how everyone here has all the answers because the one thing they picked and stuck to worked. Every diet works if you stick to it. Every bit of exercise works the same way. No one is talking about the thing that gets people to the obese point to begin with, mental health. That has to be fixed first and foremost, whatever the issue is. Whatever the hole in you is that you're trying to fill with food. Whether it's depression, anxiety, stress, boredom, unhappiness in a marriage, unhappiness with a job... You can't act like everything is perfect if you are an obese person. Everyone has something to work on.

[@nachomenendez3904]

100% agree with this. Very well said

[@SuperSarahbop]

For me I began having a very unhealthy relationship with food because of a traumatic event in my childhood involving family and so I’d eat and eat at family functions because I never had the chance to work on healing the trauma, but still had to be around the people who caused the trauma. It resulted in my mom keeping a close eye on me and giving me the mom look of disapproval so even though I was the victim I was made to feel like the source of the problem. The COTSD that resulted from Unhealed trauma lead to depression anxiety a feeling of being unwanted and unworthy so I’d eat to cope. To avoid having to interact with people I couldn’t trust and to fill the hole of neglect in my heart. . My obesity has been a show to the world I’m not ok because I couldn’t say I wasn’t ok. Only way out of that is through its d being really honest. Currently I don’t feel the need to fill up that emptiness, but I’ve also finally admitted that’s why I was using food to cope.

[@helenaquin1797]

@@SuperSarahbop That sounds like you found a real key.. And hopefully as the experts suggest, you can learn to make yourself okay, in ways the adults around you before, could not. Plus, coming off junkfood resets your brains hormones regulating hunger and satiety - leptin and ghrelin to work more effectively.. Good luck~!

[@AndreiFantastic]

Mental health does not necessarily lead to obesity. This is an old myth that was based on pseudo science. Fat people are not food addicts, nor do they have some sort of emotional issue all the time. It can be as simple as the way they process food is hijacked by highly processed food to as complex as they have deep trauma which creates adrenal fatigue along other issues, to the fact that your body does not want you to lose weight. Everybody thinks they know the answer to obesity and refuses to listen to experts and the science behind obesity.

[@waffle_chair9269]

Except you aren’t addressing what effects mental health more then anything??? Hormones , neurotransmitters and immunity! Where are they made and largely controlled? The gut. The microbiome to be exact. Which is why peoples diet regimes need to be personalised. One man’s health found, is another’s detriment. Don’t be so basic

[@avidsaeed8160]

I'd like to thank you for this helpful interview! I often learn something good from your channel! I myself am not vegan or vegetarian. Just have one or two meals a day with 70% ish good amount of fat like extra virgin olive oil, avocado, Grass fed butter and sometimes organic meat with its lard/fat, and a lot of cruciferous vegtables! No craving for sugar. No craving for snack and I'm not just loosing weight but more important loosing visceral fats and my energy level is just amazing! Be safe

[@kramerh77]

Poor night sleep spikes my hunger. It has to be one of the reasons it's so hard for parents of young children to lose or maintain a healthy weight.

[@chazwyman8951]

Eat more fat and avoid sugars at all costs. Sugar and other carbs are addictive, that is what is being stimulated when woken - your addiction.

[@Debra-oz4zs]

I eat no carb and low carb food. No sugar, rice, bread. Walk some. It really comes down to meat mostly, eggs and green veggies. Organic olive oil on my foods. The trick is to not be hungry. Meats , oils eggs will stop the hunger pains. Itermittent fasting woeking at it. I dont count calories.

[@boristahmasian9604]

Regular water and some coffee and tea fasting has been the magic key for me. I just did a 3.5 day fast. I was going to go to at least five days but stopped because I had some cucumbers in the fridge that were going bad. I decided to eat them and there goes the fast!! The biggest challenge with fasting is the social pressure to join the party and eat the usually bad stuff. For me, proper sleep and what I eat play a major role too.

[@audrey3042]

Way to go on your fast 💨!

[@mykseee]

You can eat about 250 kcal worth of food daily without breaking the fast(in terms of the metabolic processes)

[@boristahmasian9604]

@@audrey3042 Thank you.

[@helenstefanovski934]

Intermittent fasting might be ok but more than that I don’t believe in. Definitely doesn’t work for me and I believe can’t be good. Possible we lose muscle mass and perhaps this guy is right your body starts eating into your gut lining. What’s wrong with 3 small healthy meals a day. No need to complicate things, why starve myself! I want to enjoy my life. I don’t believe everything I hear and read!! How can not eating anything for 3 or 4 days or more feel good?? Really!!

[@boristahmasian9604]

@@mykseee Thank you. Good to know.

[@funnytv-1631]

When you create an environment that cues success, you can simply relax into the knowledge that you are refining your life. When you fall asleep tonight, your experience will integrate into knowledge like moonlight through a window. There is nothing you have to do.

[@anthonyamann2430]

I hate, at minimum, the way this is stated. We don’t just go back to the weight we were by doing nothing. We regain weight because we stop doing the “diet” and go back to the old habits. Of course we regain. There was a reason we started the diet, we had already been eating too much. Imagine that, I regained the weight after I went from Whole Foods, back to Taco Bell.

[@ohgoosey6233]

That's the problem, the word 'diet'. I - as a lifestyle coach - coach people based on theit (eating)habits. Nobody can last a diet, only for a few weeks - depending on the willpower - before they go back to their old 'diet'. It's about small consistent changes for long term. About - which could be more - 40/50% of our behavior is habitual. That explains why 'diets' are not effectieve at all. Tom has one guest talking about this as well, really interesting! Have a good one!

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

I'm not sure whether you are referring to what I experienced or just speaking about dieting or then not dieting again. I stopped eating on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The first year weight began to come off, by the end of the third year I was again up to close to my original weight. (That said, I've never measured body fat so perhaps there are other explanations).

[@SuperSarahbop]

I had a realization recently that a lot of bad habits people have are coping strategies. For example I had a traumatic even happen that involved family as a child and I started on the path of disorders eating because I was forced into situations where I had to interact with the people in my family who caused that trauma. My mom would give me the mom look because I was stuffing my face because if I was as eating I didn’t have to interact with anyone. I’m not blaming her, but her idea of helping only added to the stress and anxiety. I truly think it’s extremely important to work on every aspect of life the mental the spiritual and the physical because being overweight is an expression of other things being out of sorts and not necessarily the cause.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

@@SuperSarahbop Very well said.

[@SuperSarahbop]

@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals the realization has lead to me trying a different approach since avoiding wasn’t working and my body because I’m obese shows there’s a disconnect between what I think and what I actually do. The only way out is through. Acknowledging the reasons behind actions doesn’t necessarily stop the behavior, but it takes the power from the behavior. For now saying to my mom hey I began eating my feelings because of this this specific traumatic event involving family took the shame out of behaving like that. I’m sure there will still be times where I do it but the shame made it habitual because I was really using that behavior as a cry for help. There’s so many things I’ve done that I’ve done that where cries for help because I was mute on the subject. Everything is connected.

[@rowan2180]

Goodness me what a lot of ignorant and fixed-opinion commentary from a bunch of people who, without doing any real research, think that because something is true for them that it's true for everyone. The fact that calories are nothing but arbitrary average values that have different relevance for individuals based on many factors including the gut biome is nutrition science that's decades old! Even a car - a machine - will get different mileage from one vehicle to the next also depending how it's driven. Humans are far more complex, and while simple answers have appeal, they are simply wrong. Much of the 'thinking' repeated below is entirely outdated, and actually - though he does spin everything to make money and I this must be taken into account when listening to him - Tim Spectre is correct on the basic facts of how different foods have different responses in different people. Some people get fat on rice and others on potatoes. There are plenty of studies: google Christopher Gardner and Eran Segal for a start as they were pioneers in this area. It always amuses me when people who have swallowed the old hook line and sinker, warn people of a new one and yet cannot update their own ideas. No doubt we will discover even more nuance and errors in the current thinking but this IS the current thinking - not the hype seen in almost every other comment here (I am unkindly thinking perhaps all from people who are making money from peddling old ides) I write simply because there may be some people reading the comments disheartened. Food science is fascinating, and when you have an open mind and nothing to gain financially, it's an interesting area of study.

[@JREGreatestHits]

I had red flags going on early in this convo and for some reason I have a feeling Tom did too. For the most part this is mostly good info I believe, but there's just something about this guy that makes me want to take what he says lightly.

[@kirmt1391]

He said humans breathing on you are dangerous, but animals and dirt are good. Odd thinking that humans are not a part of our natural environment.

[@tvmakeuplady]

He contradicted himself multiple times, like a typical charlatan!

[@bardsamok9221]

Yeah 100%, the Zoe company frequently push pro vegan pseudoscience and propaganda. Often using outdated or extremely poor quality flawed studies to push their vegan dogma nonsense on social media. Pseudoscience.

[@waffle_chair9269]

@@kirmt1391probably because human will catch other human diseases off them, however much less is caught off animals, as often diseases are species specific, and as Farah as dirt goes, it’s full of microbes that also exercise the immunity, it’s an odds game.

[@Leadership_matters]

You mean because everything he said was still calories vs calories out the whole time? And he just added that food quality matter? I know all some people heard was, "CALORIES DON'T MATTER!". then they ended up at in n out!

[@taraleightaracumming6726]

It’s nearly impossible for a working person With a set income to figure out how to eat correctly. There’s one store near my home (Walmart) it’s limited. For your everyday Person, finding out how to eat right is very hard. We are bombarded by the industry to eat processed foods! Lions mane mushroom? Not where I live! Where do find this in season? I’m barely making my rent and car payment. Help us everyday people.

[@bonsummers2657]

Meat/nose-to-tail, veggies, fruit, beer, water, salt. If dairy, raw,… pasteurized is good for bulking up though, if you want to bulk up,… but also more causative of sickness,… same with starches,…. but both more-so a problem beyond about age 40.

[@Strongpoeticmind]

Try a plant-based diet, drink plenty of water, and get some vitamin D by taking a walk and exercising. Your body will thank you.

[@bethaustin1884]

I empathize with you. On the Zoe podcasts (I usually watch on KZbin) they have lots of short videos and they address how to do things on a budget. Canned beans are mentioned all the time.. very cheap and accessible.. frozen produce too.

[@CarnivoreHeals2]

Tell that to my body. The one and only way I lose/don’t gain body fat is walking an hour a day. No amount of keto and intermittent fasting moves that fat.

[@janine7185]

I agree. I'm doing that now.

[@havegrace9111]

1 less hour to dig around in the cupboards and fridge

[@BurnNotice3210]

Exactly if you’re doing keto but eating 3000 calories per day you aint going to lose weight

[@CarnivoreHeals2]

@@BurnNotice3210 or if you have stress induced high cortisol levels. I eat OMAD, no sugar, low carb and low calorie and if I don’t walk every day I still get excess belly fat.

[@martacmartins]

Tom, you need to interview @Anthony Chaffee MD. He has an interesting position on why we shouldn't eat plants

[@elizabethk3238]

Oh, now I understand about craving carbs after a bad night sleep. I recently replaced my blackout bedroom drapes to ones that let in a bit of light. Really affected my sleep and I found myself craving carbs. After a month I went back to blackout drapes. My sleeping improved, and my carbs craving disappeared. Now I know why...

[@emilklingberg1623]

Would love to se a talk between, This guy, David Sinclar, Brian Johnson and Andrew Huberman

[@alicemcduff3416]

Plus Thomas de Lauer and Dr Cheffy & other carnivores 😂

[@y.e.2103]

The answer to the "pacifier on the floor" question is, even if it hits and carries bad bugs and parents pick it up and give it straight back to the baby, that's the whole point. That's a good thing. The baby's immune system would then learn from that experience and develops a mechanism to protect the baby. While if this whole scenario didn't happen ever to the detrement of that baby's future health, that baby's immune system is completely ignorant of the presence of this bad bug, never seen it before and hence not equipped to deal with it when/if it sees at some point in the future. This is why babies born in poor countries are much much more resilient against illnesses that one's in the sanitary western countries are prone to suffer from.

[@waffle_chair9269]

Many babies in third world don’t make it to 5 😂 and babies dont have developed independent immune systems. 😂 hence breastfeeding

[@nicdupreez]

Was listening to about minute 28 of the podcast and this theory hit me: What if the real problem with sugar is that it raised the pH of the stomach which allows “bad” microbes to grow? Hear me out. The stomach has a low pH, let’s say around 2 (it can vary). Sugar’s pH is neutral (7)… and sugar is very soluble. So sugar is easily absorbed into the gastric acid and raises the PH slightly altering the bacteria that comfortably grow in your stomach. While, for example, steak is also (almost) neutral (very slightly acidic), but it is absorbed slowly and therefore does not have such a dramatic effect on the stomach’s pH. This could also be why drinking apple cider vinegar is seen as having a positive effect on health. It could be that the bacteria that grow in a more neutral stomach habitat are not as favorable for weight loss as those that grow in an acidic environment?

[@paintcoach101]

Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. Just as I gave you the green vegetation, I give them all to you. Genesis 3:9

[@PKBillings]

I like that he mentioned one of the keys to a good gut microbiom is eating plant-based. I don't like that they vilify carbohydrates. I'm not one to vilify any one macro-nutrient but if I were for weight loss sake, just remember that fat is 9 calories per gram and carbs/protein are only 4 calories per gram. It takes a TON of carbs and calories before your body starts turning them into fat. If there is excess calories it's easier for your body to store the fat you eat, not the carbs. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@ntrelis]

Stress is driving overeating.

[@OzzieCoto]

Thanks for all the fantastic insights & the education you provide. So granted for you, your family, and all who are involved with achieving your Purpose. May you be blessed.

[@cyndimanka]

When discussing the law of thermodynamics, that’s for a closed system we are an open system

[@mehmetcakir4231]

Thanks for the great discussions. I love the idea of food diversity. Tim suggests 30 different food in a week. Contrary to some this is very easy to achieve unless someone has fast food all the time. I have been keeping track what I eat and easily achieving the intake of 50-60 different food. I further encourage people to track their fortnightly or monthly diversity which I aim for 70-80 different food which is again not to hard to achieve.

[@mikethomas6120]

I am a thin person,been thin all my life into my middle age. Call me a creature of habit but I pretty much have been eating the same exact meal everyday for the past twenty years. No diversity here.

[@waffle_chair9269]

I agree, I loved this advice, cos never really gave it proper thought, as a point in and of itself. Makes so much sense. The other thing you don’t hear many experts talk about is seasonal eating. I think seasons are probably hardwired into us, and probably play a larger role in health, than we currently know too.

[@PySnek]

Started tracking all the calories I consume and to focus more on protein. Lost already about 22 pounds in 3 months on a small deficit of 300-350 kcals! This is the first time I succesfully lose weight without changing my diet by much. I even eat one ice cream sandwich that has about 135 kcals, EVERY SINGLE day. I still eat more fatty food like cheese, pork steaks, chicken legs and salmon. Follow the recommendations of natural bodybuilders. They know exactly how to lose weight in the best way possible. So that you still can build muscles at the same time. But it takes time. Don't expect to have a different body in a few weeks.

[@nzimbilef]

Nice interview, I like Tim Spector's diet recommendations on eating more veg, nuts, fruit, beans and less of meat. Unlike some of the people on you tube that just eat meat and call it healthy. In response to what is the trap on why some people are fat, because food is an addiction just like cigarettes, alcohol, etc. You just don't want to give up certain foods, like cake, cookies, and ice cream, even though you know they are the problem. They taste good. Some people can eat just a little bit of bad food and others don't have the will power.

[@eriklinde]

This is my first video with the interviewer. It was a good video and discussion, but my advice is to let the speaker finish before asking a follow-up question. Or come back to the original question after a side question if need be. The meandering in this conversation was quite significant, and I every time I thought "great question", 15 minutes later it would still be unanswered thanks to meandering. Just some hopefully helpful advice! 👌🏻

[@ds6882]

Thankyou i love watching and listening to tims zoes u tubes videos so very interesting and informative and so helpful thankyou both 🙏❤️X

[@UnitedStatesNational]

I was 683 pounds and now I am 165 pounds and 30 years younger! How did I do it? First I quit my job and bought some land in the high desert and a nice spri8nter van. Then I set out to plant a LOT of fruit trees and my diet consisted of 100% fruits, berries and melons. I kept losing weight until I hit 160-165 and then it held no matter how much fruit I a was eating. I eat a few cooked veggies once in awhile, usually squash that is steamed or made into a soup or broth. I know of MANY people that have reversed EVERY single medical issue or problem by doing this as well. It seems too easy some people say....but once you decide to do it, it is NOT easy but it does get a LOT easier as time goes on and it becomes a lifestyle change. One of my best friends is a swim buddy that is 112 years old and smokes cigars but eats 90% fruit and always has. He even has a shot of whisky or vodka at celebrations like his birthday! Then he eats his favorite fruits instead of cake and hot dogs or burgers. It may seem Un-American....and it is! I am NOT an American even though I was born in what some people call the U.S.A. I am not anti-government, the United States government has NEVER done anything to me one way or another...BUT, U.S. Citizens that WORK FOR the government are behaving badly and their diet is often times causing them to make very bad decisions that have a very high price to pay. I do not care what you eat but common sense makes most of this self-evident. Americans have ZERO common sense...hence the number of fat Americans has ballooned and obesity is the new normal. It is not only unhealthy and shortens the life spans tremendously, it's ugly and a very painful death. So WHY do people eat like pigs?

[@jc7887]

Man, you got it right on. I am about to turn 50 and I just finally figured out exactly what you are talking about. As long as we eat the food we were meant to eat (fruits, veggies and very little meat-I still eat small quantities of lean meat, maybe half a serving a day) it is next to impossible to be fat. It was like discovering the fountain of youth and actually that is exactly what it is. Maddening that society is so confused and makes it so difficult by trying to eat all the processed garbage in the grocery store.

[@SimplySoumaya1711]

Do you mind my asking what what your blood type is?

[@ctt7971]

So why did YOU eat like a pig ? You said you were nearly 700lbs . That was done over years and years of eating unhealthy .I’m happy you were able to turn things around but your post is very judmental and you are definitely the LAST person to judge

[@NickSmith-qv9ep]

He says it is hard to measure what is going on in our complex bodies. Yes. But when it comes to weight you weigh yourself. It is that simple!

[@KevinAmatt]

On the Zoe KZbin channel they promote plant foods and say seed oils are not harmful to our health.

[@RIVERNILE2]

Seriously!! 🤔

[@anthonyamann2430]

Some of us are just broken. We, or I, feel some times like an addict, there is no choice. The “smart” part of my brain does not seem to be able to take control. With an external driver, I think that could be changed.

[@mattmcg0verndotcom]

Try a Paleolithic, keto diet or try the lion diet for 1 month (fatty beef and water). I used to be diabetic and now my a1c is under 4.5. There are so many foods that fuck with my satiety signals, even if they were keto friendly, things like peanut butter I will never eat again. Do some self experimentation and don’t give up.

[@SHERLYNTORRES]

Research has shown that sleep patterns influence ghrelin. Sleep-deprived adults tend to have higher ghrelin levels, more hunger, and less feeling of fullness compared to adults who get seven-to-nine hours of sleep. So, be sure to get enough sleep. Sleep More to Eat Less: How Sleep Affects the “Hunger ...

[@mattcevik9275]

Dr Steven Gundry at this podcast 2020 covered this and saved my life: Plant Paradox is the book

[@tleonard61]

Lions mane, sautéed with olive oil and old bay- make lions mane/avocado sushi rolls with it. Hen of the woods - sheet pan with olive oil salt and pepper - bake at 450 for 12 minutes. They taste like potato chips. They lions mane sushi roll taste like shrimp/avocado. These two may help with your aversion to the fun guy. 🤷‍♂️

[@SaraB2017]

Hen-of-the-woods, do you have to slice them super-thin to get the potato chip-ness?

[@NickSmith-qv9ep]

He is also on a one man crusade against porridge/oats. He brings this up straight off the bat in every interview

[@elizabethk3238]

I think because so many believe Oates to be healthy?

[@chriskozak7356]

Oats in the west are sprayed with glyphosate.

[@piotrraszkowski9700]

Both are not true in my case: - 15 years ago, 98kg, I started to exercise 5 times/week (running) without any diet change -> I lost 18-20kg (98->80) - 3 months ago (as an advanced runner) I started to count my calories (to be precise and consistent in it) and again I lost 6 kg (78 ->

[@regenerativeliberty7915]

After being put on every low fat diet, from the age of 10 to 20, I ended up at 400lbs+. After trying everything under the sun, for me unless I want to gain weight, I eat meat once a day. Simple effective and now at 53, I weigh 170lbs. I did no exercise, just moved from eating natural food (no processing/one ingredient) to Paleo to Keto to Carnivore. For 80% of the population you will not need to go to the extent I did - reference Dr. Joseph Kraft interviews with Ivor Cummins for a better understanding of why some folks can eat anything and other folks look at a carb and gain weight. I should add I was vegan for a number of years but remained at 350lbs+ and never met a healthy vegan or vegetarian to this point. Although much of what is discussed I would agree with, there is ample evidence that plants produce chemicals that are harmful to humans. Our best choice, to get said vegetables, is to eat the animals that eat it. By being processed by that said animal, makes it fit for human consumption. Mediterranean diet has been debunked long ago as the data was clearly cherry picked and manipulated. Keys tried to rectify the lie near the end of his life, but could not get the corrections published. The only relevant information from those studies was that of the folks who lived on the Greek islands who were Greek Orthodox and fasted in one way or another, two thirds of the year, had longevity with less chronic conditions. But just like the hunter gather tribes that have been studied throughout the world, you cannot take from there and apply to here. The people in the last two examples, the Greek folks or tribal folks are not exposed to the onslaught of environmental conditions, such as plastics and off gassing that people in our modern world need to contend with. Do what you will, after 10k hours of research into health and nutrition, 90% is BS trying to take your $, but if you look hard enough you will find the truth. We are the top predator on the planet and we eat meat, like it or not. Please comment and give links to all the vegan and vegetarian societies and cultures that have lived throughout the history of humans, surviving and thriving? Yeah that is what I thought. Last, do you really think the African tribes would not eat meat during the rainy season if they could get to it?

[@bryan8404]

I eat 1,800 calories count everything and sauces. Burn 1000 calories in the gym and lose 1/2 a Pound a day. And I’ve been lifting for 12 years.

[@chazwyman8951]

Losing weight is all about control of hunger. Not counting calories, or exercise, or trying to gain a calorie deficit. Contolling hunger can be achived by intermittent fasting and avoiding processed food; especially sugar, flour, and seed oils. Eat more fat and fibre. They will satiate. Sugar switches us to hibernation preparation mode, it enforces the storage of fat, and down grades ATP.

[@HiNickCares]

Is that more effective than 300 push-ups every morning?

[@chazwyman8951]

@@HiNickCares Yes for most. 300 push ups make you hungry, and that is a harder thing to overcome than the pushups. Skip one meal and that could be equivalent to 1000 push ups.

[@HiNickCares]

@@chazwyman8951 You don't know what you are talking about, it's not even close.

[@chazwyman8951]

@@HiNickCares Educate yourself. I lost 45lbs following this knoweldge, and enjoy a list of other health benefits. If you want more information read the following,my reading list for last year. 2020, Taubes, Gary, The Case for Keto, Granta 2010, Taubes, Gary, Why We Get Fat, Anchor 2020, Macciochi, J., Immunity; the science of staying well, Experiment Pub. 2021, Lustig, Robert, Metabolical, Hodder & Stoughton 2013, Lustig, Robert, Fat Chance, Harper Collins. 2021, Specter, Tim, Spoon Fed,Vintage Books. 2021, Chatterje, Rangan, The Four Pillar Plan, Penguin. 2016, Fung, J, The Complete Guide To Fasting, Victory Belt Publishing. 2022 Johnson, Richard, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, BenBella Books 2014 Perlmutter, Dr David, Grain Brain, Hodder & Stoughton. 2014, Teicholz, Nina, The Big Fat Surprise, Simon & Schuster.

[@nicolas395]

This guy is all smoke and mirrors. Making it purposely complicated and nuanced. You just need regular exercise and a healthy, balanced diet. Caloric deficit. Simple. Start small and build good habits. Eat clean. Stop thinking in terms of “weight loss” and focus on a disciplined lifestyle change. Be realistic about how long it will take to see results. It takes time. It takes discipline. But eventually good habits takeover and becomes a part of your identity and daily life.

[@mattmcg0verndotcom]

Bro when you have metabolic syndrome your pancreas produces less and less insulin. You legit don’t know what you’re talking about. What the fuck is a balanced diet? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use those words who wasn’t a complete idiot lmao To make lasting changes your goal needs to be lowering your hba1c.

[@555Trout]

There's no evidence that caloric deficit maintains weight loss.

[@manishapratap935]

100% agree with you. What you described is exactly what I did and managed to shed 50+ pounds. Exercise was a huge part of it and I was more focused on making it a regular part of my routine rather than the weight/aesthetics of it. It helped me majorly with weight loss, so I don't agree with the title of this video one bit.

[@Precaria]

Balanced diet is what everyone repeats. Kind of cringe. Do it if you’re in maintenance. Craft an OPTIMAL diet for your individual goal. That’s what will help.

[@nicolas395]

@@Precaria Yeah, there's always room to optimize what you're doing for better results. But, honestly, people who are obese don't need to optimize their diet. They need to fix their eating habits, cut out the junk food, get on a balanced diet and adopt an exercise routine. Those changes alone will get them back to a healthy weight with time and consistency. They can optimize all they want once they've fully adopted the new habits.

[@colettekuemper8325]

Damn he was basically describing me. Not sleeping eating, not being satiated wanting bread. Bang on. All this makes sense:

[@eamonshields2754]

Why no timestamps?? Silly

[@jamesgrosrenaudjr812]

Just found this channel and these interviews are amazing

[@fredathompson3064]

What about a low thyroid.. I have done everything to lose weight and nothing. I don’t eat junk food.. and I don’t drink sugar sodas or diet.. I only drink water with lemon.. I eat a lot of fish and broccoli.. blueberries raspberries.. and I just keep gaining weight..Why?

[@yvonnetroupe2230]

Oh a lighter note; I think talking poop and quality poop should be talked about more often 👏🏽👏🏽🎉🎈💯

[@dvirisarat-roach5601]

Must be from India

[@deancoleman6370]

I do body weight exercises, skateboard, surf, cycle to work and run the odd 5-10k oh and I eat what the I want and have abs exercise is the only reason I’m not fat!

[@mindfueluk]

tom you need to get paul stimet on the show if you want to better understand the great uses of funghi

[@def6420]

Always willing to hear out alternative versions!

[@DaveMastor]

Tom, this was a great episode - but you gotta stop with those jumpscare ads (worse on 2x speed). A quick fade out is fine - but the smash cut from slow conversation to yelling, higher volume, and music is mega distracting. I spent the entire time for both ads not even knowing what they were about because I was too irritated by the sudden transition. Also repeating the last sentence before the ad would really help the brain pick back up where we left off.

[@jj3839]

Gratitude my dear friend (DaveMastor) just skip the ad and appreciate the free content 🤗 enjoy it while you can ❤

[@DaveMastor]

@@jj3839 I'm not complaining about the ads, those are totally fair. I just hate that they are effectively jumpscares. I'm advising a slight adjustment which will make the ads both less annoying AND more effective.

[@jj3839]

OK my love, By the way I loved your joke 😂😂😂

[@mrbishtt]

ads are placed by Google Adsense not by tom

[@DaveMastor]

@@mrbishtt These are the ads in the actual footage of the video for other Impact/Health Theory content, not the ones served by Google which get the little yellow mark in the bar.

[@SergenK]

To be honest i got confused what i should do to cut. Calories counting no, exercise no, every person is different and foods are very complex and everyones gut biome is different. I get that but that’s an extreme amount of variables to keep account of with day-to-day eating and working out. Good information nonetheless and i liked the part about mushrooms. Have you ever done psychedelics @Tom Bilyeu?

[@dylanwynroberts]

Disclipine is whats required to maintain a calorie defecit. Fasting is just calorie defecit - missing a breakfast and stopping snacking. We are making this weight loss thing way too complicated…….

[@SuperSarahbop]

@@dylanwynroberts discipline is like asking somebody to breathe like they are sitting still while running a marathon. For somebody like me with disordered eating that came from childhood trauma and really started at family functions and being forced to interact with people I love very much but couldn’t trust meant I was precariously on a tighrope trying to balance and I suffered and was neglected in spite my cries for help. For me people like me and other people with unhealed trauma we need to get honest be open about the past and learn boundaries and to trust ourselves and begging the journey of intuitive eating. Willpower is garbage BS.

[@HeavenRoadV]

This dude is pure bs. Of course you need a calorie deficit to cut.

[@tvmakeuplady]

Because he has no clue what to do and how it works, just wants to sell you crap with sensational statements!

[@scampalong]

agree !! the more we research and explore the more data to be considered. When I read the Eat Right for your Blood Type I immediately thought - on the right path, but more likely, Eat Right for your DNA template - we are so unique with allergies, sensitivities, DNA, natural likes & dislikes etc. Lots to consider - I do understand the proof - raw kefir = diarrhea so there's an obvious answer. Also know that some foods just aren't good for us (cashews).. I can deal with facts. Also, breaking out in hives - that's obvious - unsure what it was.. stop eating everything for a couple days.. meat, eggs work for me - process of elimination I guess. I so need these conversations to compare notes with other seekers.

[@hdoggett]

So if our microbes have genetic markers, do we inherit healthy or unhealthy microbes? Do we then improve or impair them based on our environment and what we feed them? Which is more important (nature or nurture)?

[@RogelioRobles-it5tc]

I've been feeling so much better since i eliminate almost all vegetables...

[@Ishtar2419]

Being on carnivore has been the only way to control my hunger, it's the best way not to feel hungry

[@jc7887]

I used to think that way too, then I realized we shouldn't be trying to control hunger. We should be eating the foods that we were meant to eat. If we stick to those foods (vegetables, fruits, lean meats in moderation) it is going to be difficult to be fat. To take that further, gluten is probably the most important thing people can eliminate from their diet that will change things overnight. It did for me and by being Gluten free, it instantly eliminates so many things that are bad for us and make it impossible to lose weight and keep it off (pasta, bread, crackers, cereal..processed trash food basically).

[@scrubfive9239]

​@@jc7887 God I love carbs so much 😂

[@Ishtar2419]

@@jc7887 I have leaky gut as well and eating carnivore is the only thing that has helped. Any veggies and I’m inflamed again

[@chazwyman8951]

@@scrubfive9239 That is your addiction speaking. There is zero requirement for carbs in the diet, We make all we need through fat and protein.

[@jc7887]

@@chazwyman8951 Just because it is not "required" for survival doesn't mean it is optimal. I can assure you, the ideal diet should definitely include plenty of vegetables and even fruits in moderation.

[@bradcampbell5766]

Overweight appears to be a result of chronic dehydration. In other words, people have food cravings because they are really dehydrated from eating too much cooked foods, and not eating enough raw fruits and vegetables. The best sources for hydration derive from the water contained in raw fruits and vegetables. Also, we need to drink more pure or distilled water because abundant water is needed for detox. Most people in the US need to detox from a lifetime of bad habits. The primary issue is the food we eat.

[@goldfishi5776]

Heard elsewhere that vegetables void of their representative digesting enzymes should be consumed surreptitiously raw to develop the culture for it. i did dot hear him say this. maybe i missed it.

[@halamakhour2501]

Great discussion thanks

[@polatiger4765]

I only wash my hands after bathroom or when I know, they are dirty. I can't remember last time I was sick. That streak started WAAAAY before 2020.

[@XavierGuillaume]

Is it just me or does Tom's questions seem to bother them? Tom keeps asking why. And then when the doctor explains why, Tom is like, "I just don't understand why, why is it like this?" He just explained why... Also, does it even matter why? The doctor would talk about this super interesting study, and talk about the results of the study, and instead of asking about the results and what the results could mean, and how the results can be applied to people, Tom goes off on some tangential why mode.

[@Ekrindul]

Yes, the host doesn't seem to realize he has an undiagnosed case of belief in intelligent design. Everything has to make sense to him or its not possible. When he talked about evolutionary changes occurring for reasons, I just wished Spector would challenge him. This host might want to crack open a science textbook once in his life.

[@davidr1431]

Interesting. I read it entirely the other way. The guest makes claims about the importance of fibre, but when Tom asks questions about how he knows this, the guest admits he doesn’t know and falls back on association studies.

[@yorickroumimper]

You can do diet but dont diet on less and less calories, you will f up your metabolism.. Use refeed days. Stay high on proteins. Start your day with proteins.This helps to feel full. Losing weight is different from losing bodyfat. You need to measure this to know how you are doing. Keep that in mind. Focus on whole foods, a lot of greens. The healthy fats you eat can keep your mood good. Even in a small deficit. When you are building muscle increase your calories.

[@JPWestmas]

I think the body is a programmable machine in regards to what the body gets impulses to do; Based upon what it is deficient in.

[@NickSmith-qv9ep]

Exercise won’t help! Yea it will! If you run 30k a week, which is not that much, it gives you a whole days worth of headroom on your diet. A whole day of eating for free!

[@FJBandtherest]

This doctor admitted much he does not understand. I started carnivore 37 days ago. I felt better on day 1. I have NEVER been hungry. When I got hungry I eat until full. The most I now eat is once in 24 hours. Once I went 3 days and 4 times I went 2 days. Beef, bacon,butter,eggs, Redmond's salt, all I want. I feel much better. I have been laying down with elevated feet for 3 years listening to this type of thinking. I agree anyone should try 30 days, if not try 7 or even 2. I started 3-22 at 292.4 and today is 4-27 and I am 260.2. I weigh every morning and take a picture of the scale. My wife is starting this weekend.

[@colombianita180]

Awesome! I want to give it a try too, I'm ready. I want to try to get "good quality food". I keep reading that some products or brands are better than others - like I keep reading that "Pasture raise Eggs" = better quality & taste, more satisfying, etc. Could you please share what "brands" are you buying ? Thanks

[@rilwanj]

21:36 because of the chronic disease I had for 14 years, when I was stressed I wouldn’t eat, eating too many for me resulted in my insides feel like they are burning (from the neck down).

[@darkfieldcarnivore3928]

It is the waste products of some bacteria/microbes that cause issues. Ingesting microbes themselves from the environment is fine, just not a large dose of their waste.

[@mountainside26]

I agree- smoke and mirrors. So many answers he gave were, “they don’t really know,” and then he proceeds to talk and talk without any real or significant explanation. Waste of time.

[@xxcelr8rs]

Sadly this guy speaks the truth.

[@DaveMastor]

I lost over 100 pounds. Unfortunately, I'm British, and I lost it through online gambling. That was a joke. I would never be so foolish as to be British. (That was a joke too - or was it?) But seriously, I've lost weight quickly and effectively through longer fasting, consuming nothing but water and electrolytes. The KZbin channel WhatIveLearned has some great videos on the topic and science behind it. I have gone multiple weeks without eating on multiple occasions. While I think it's smart to do a longer fast at least once in your life to redefine your relationship with food (and kickstart any weight loss)... based on over a decade of research and personal experience, it looks like the healthiest is to go no more than 5 days in a row without food, then refeed with lean protein and fermented foods. The first two days are the hardest, and everything after that is a lot easier than you would thing. Obviously if you have diabetes or blood sugar issues, you need to be more careful about how you approach things. The ideal plan looks to be 5 days in a row of fasting, probably per month (until you get to your goal bodyfat percentage), and probably 2 days of fasting per week - ideally back to back, so something like Fridays and Saturdays. If you do this, it's basically impossible to gain fat no matter what you do or eat, unless you are REALLY pushing it. If you combine that with a healthy diet and some movement every day, you will quickly lose weight to your goals, and then you can adjust fasting to maintain. You CAN do it without sacrificing the foods you love, though chances are, if you're overweight then your diet choices probably should be changed. This overall method is insanely healthy for your gut, improves your metabolism, improves you overall health, and gets you physically to a state where you can exercise to improve cardiovascular health and maintain a healthy weight. No extreme diet can last long term, and they usually aren't healthy anyway. Don't do some BS 100% "X ONLY" diet, or calorie restrict yourself to oblivion. 2 days of fasting per week (and if you REALLY struggle, you can technically have ONE meal of up to 500 calories on those days - I suggest broth, lean protein, or fermented foods.) I've done things the hard way in the past. Then I was stupid and lost my progress because I was an idiot. Then I did things a smarter way, and again lost my progress because I was dumb - life circumstances made it waaaay too easy for me to eat waaaay to much garbage (Life comes at you fast when free pizza on the daily is the menu - like I said, I was REALLY dumb). But I dropped the weight again, and each time I hone the technique and my knowledge of the process and make it a bit better. The slow healthy roll is to fast two full days, twice a week, and once a month do a 5 day fast. The expedited track would be to "fast" every day, but have

[@treviancalhoun7693]

I’ve done exactly the same as you said. I did the occasional water fast for 5 days sometimes 3 or 4 within 3 months & lost 70 lbs. Blood pressure also dropped to healthy levels and I’ve had hypertension since my early teens. Everything you said really works and doing keto in between fasts could help too & that way you can add a few more calories. Keto under 20 grams of carbs also helped me jumpstart my first initial fast as well as it was hard & I failed to start the fast initially multiple times before this occurrence. Listen to DaveMastor people he knows what he’s talking about

[@mst1740]

Obviously you're not British. We are made up of 4 separate countries and describe ourselves according to the one we come from :)

[@DaveMastor]

@@mst1740 ;)

[@LifewithStarla]

Which app are you using to track your weight? I’ve been binge watching your videos all day. I just broke my 1st 18hr fast. 🎉😂

[@nelviegarnett2780]

We are programmed to forage...forage...forage. This is even true outside of our body. Just imagine how much stuff we buy (things) that we don't necessarily need!!!! It takes awareness and willpower to break out of this pattern since it is very deep rooted in us. The notion of "if I get this.. or this...and that", maybe I will be happy!!! It's the same thing that is happening within our body.

[@northerncoloradotransparen1454]

A consumerism society

[@mst1740]

The arrogance in the comments section is astounding. Why the hell do you watch these types of vids? Just to find something to disagree with? If you are as healthy and fit as you all claim, why the hell are you here? How about just staying quiet and letting those of us who need this info take it on board.

[@mehmetcakir4231]

At 12:20 I think the answer of the question was the sugar addiction.. also the evolutionary reasons that have been mentioned.

[@illustriousbreadcrumb7816]

I always assumed you crave more food when you sleep less because it's your body trying to consume energy to make up for the lack of energy recovered.

[@simonsmedley5434]

What would you say to nice plate of plants? “Feck off plants”

[@Sidhakrodha]

1:02:00

[@livingroomlabel3945]

On my last job, I literally could not consume enough calories to maintain weight. Since, I have cut intake severely, and need to trim down a bit. The difference is activity levels. From 14 hour days of spastic activity on 5 large meals plus snacks each day to one or two meals of much smaller portions with little activity. Seems exercise is the difference. Specifically endurance exercise.

[@BurnNotice3210]

So exercise/activity does lose fat, what do you think about just walking?

[@marischoles5910]

Neat is the bigger factor

[@normanbell-br7nf]

calorie counting works great for me

[@PySnek]

and for everyone else, but most don't track calories correct

[@waffle_chair9269]

“We think there are some stress chemicals in the gut…..” nobody ever talks about biofilms, and dormant percistor cells, that can hide in the gut for years.

[@davidr1431]

1:09:01 Tom is so good. This is the first time that I have seen Tim admit that meat is good and he had no idea why he advocates fibre others than that it feeds the gut bacteria which has an association with health with absolutely no explanatory mechanism.

[@shelbyglover5919]

He just contradicted himself and explained that it is, in-fact, calories in and calories out. It’s just that the “calories out” side of the equation changes, so it needs to me watched and managed.

[@jimstenlund6017]

I’m thinking he hasn’t heard the statement ‘butter makes your pants fall off’🧈🥩🍳

[@mossbergshobbygames8815]

So Tom, is yogurt good. I know it has lots of culture and stuff

[@KevinSamuelsKid]

3:45 “Any diet you try will work in the first 2 weeks then you regain the weight. “. False, if you eat your species appropriate diet, you will lose weight and it will not come back, ever. The question for 99% of people is what is a human specific diet.

[@ScottAshmead]

I don't understand the thinking of people who want to die, if they can live a healthy life forever.

[@Lierre_Keith]

I can't listen to someone who thinks we should all be vegetarian. So many of us went down that rabbit hole and barely made it back alive.

[@nasimnb4275]

Very genius ! Thank you for this unconventional conversation. I really enjoyed watching this video and him being knowledgeable yet humble.

[@dieste8]

It is glaringly obvious that he is very knowledgeable in a very narrow and specific field of study and wondering outside of that knowledgeable makes him uncomfortable.

[@feelgoodwithsharontv8445]

Missed It.

[@northerncoloradotransparen1454]

Steam the mushrooms you may actually be surprised, my uncle would not touch them but loves them now

[@johndoe-wx4ih]

Is there a way to condense this into a cheat sheet, where since I don't have the two hours to spare, I could just look at a list and do it? thanks in advance. Les

[@Diana.266]

It all seems logical to me what he says. Still, what about all the people who are much better off on a carnivorous diet than eating the rainbow of plants? Somehow there are things where I don't understand the connections. I, for example, am also currently the healthiest version of myself by eating a carnivore diet. All the things he mentioned I tried too, but somehow didn't apply to me. I wish these findings were explained somewhere somehow.

[@bethaustin1884]

I feel like he explained it in the sense that he said it’s very individual and some people can feel better doing that but most don’t .. and it depends on your gut.. and even if you feel better, you don’t know if you are or are not doing long term harm.

[@SusanStoker334]

Hey Tom. Please have Dr. Rob Cywes the carb addiction doc on your awesome show.

[@Ivftinianvs]

What about botulism? (As regards babies

[@omensnowy2320]

at 3:45 an on, he says that u begin to eat more, from my experience i have stayed on my own diet i have created for myself and i have been on it for 7 months now while making small changes i have lost 36.3 kg at the weight of 131 i am now at 94.7 and still going after my goals, in my opinion i would say what this guy is saying 25 % of what he is saying is true but the rest is such bs

[@carmendobbs9396]

What about the vit.B sweetened Reign energy drink? Does it have any ingredients that could harm our microbiome?

[@NickSmith-qv9ep]

Literally the only two things you need to do to lose weight are track calories and take regular exercise. And weigh yourself of course to see if things are working. This guy is nuts to be honest.

[@alkintugsal7563]

No he is not nuts you are looking at this in simple terms.Person’s gut health is very important effects everything in your body all your organs it isn’t just about oh yeah exercise and eat healthy you are on your way,he is explaining what is going on inside you so you can eat the right food and look after your insides how difficult is this to understand he is scientifically on the money whether you like it or not.

[@phed0017]

When you don’t get enough sleep, your body produces more grehlin the hunger hormone!

[@matthewvega3848]

Worst interview