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Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
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The Trouble With Calories
52 minutes Posted May 24, 2022 at 9:00 am.
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Weight loss is as simple as “calories in, calories out,” right? Or — gasp — could the reply guys be wrong!? This week, we dig in on the surprisingly complex science behind a seemingly simple calculation.

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  • History of the Calorie in Nutrition
  • Caloric Equivalents of Gained or Lost Weight
  • The Foreign Policy of the Calorie
  • Why the most popular rule of weight loss is completely wrong
  • Time to Correctly Predict the Amount of Weight Loss With Dieting
  • Mysteries of Weight Loss
  • The energy balance model of obesity: beyond calories in, calories out
  • “Calories in, calories out” and macronutrient intake
  • Olympians owe gold standard to a 19th-century chemist
  • Calories on food packets are wrong—it’s time to change that
  • Why Does the FDA Recommend 2,000 Calories Per Day?
  • Who Actually Needs a 2,000 Calorie a Day Diet?
  • The Nutrition Facts Label: Its History and Updates

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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