Why Calories Don't Count
How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong
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Giles Yeo
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Giles Yeo
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Calorie information is ubiquitous. On packaged food, restaurant menus, and online recipes, we see authoritative numbers that tell us the calorie count of what we're about to consume. And we treat these numbers as gospel: counting, cutting, intermittently consuming, and, if you believe some “experts” out there, magically making them disappear.
We all know, and governments advise, that losing weight is just a matter of burning more calories than we consume. Here's the thing, however, that most people have no idea about: All of the calorie counts that you see everywhere today are wrong.
In Why Calories Don't Count, Dr. Giles Yeo, obesity researcher at Cambridge University, challenges the conventional model and demonstrates that all calories are not created equal. He addresses why popular diets succeed, at least in the short term, why they ultimately fail, and what your environment has to do with your bodyweight. Once you understand that calories don't count, you can begin to make different decisions about how you choose to eat, learning what you really need to be counting instead. Practical, science-based, and full of illuminating anecdotes, this is the most entertaining dietary advice you'll ever find.
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Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat.
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Raw vegetables, eggs, meat and cheese
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 10-27-12
By: William David MD
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Trim Healthy Mama Plan
- The Easy-Does-It Approach to Vibrant Health and a Slim Waistline
- By: Pearl Barrett, Serene Allison
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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Becoming trim and healthy doesn't have to be difficult or painstaking anymore. After trying almost every fad diet out there, Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett, creators of the Trim Healthy Mama movement, took matters into their own hands. Through trial and error and much research, they created the Trim Healthy Mama Plan, the breakthrough lifestyle program to help people of all ages and stages get healthy, slim down, and keep off the weight once and for all.
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Omit needless words. Omit Needless words.
- By Rebecca on 05-25-17
By: Pearl Barrett, and others
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The Atkins Essentials
- A Two-Week Program to Jump-Start Your Low Carb Lifestyle
- By: Atkins Health, Medical Information Services
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Millions of people around the world have already discovered the Atkins Nutritional Approach and the remarkable benefits of controlling carbohydrates. Now it's even easier to join the revolution, lose weight, and get healthy the proven Atkins way!
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Good information but a little outdated
- By Melanie on 01-23-12
By: Atkins Health, and others
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Queen of Fats
- Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
- By: Susan Allport
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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A nutritional whodunit that takes readers from Greenland to Africa to Israel, The Queen of Fats gives a fascinating account of how we have become deficient in a nutrient that is essential for good health: the fatty acids know as omega-3s.
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Eye Opener about fats, weight and health!
- By Eric on 12-22-11
By: Susan Allport
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The Hormone Reset Diet
- Heal Your Metabolism to Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 21 Days
- By: Sara Szal Gottfried
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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The Harvard-educated physician and New York Times best-selling author of The Hormone Cure shows you how to grow new receptors for your seven metabolic hormones, making you lose weight and feel great fast! When it comes to weight loss, most people don't think about hormones.
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Unrealistic
- By Tammy Sue on 04-14-15
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Pandora's Lunchbox
- How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal
- By: Melanie Warner
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? Former New York Times reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that takes her to research labs, food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening - and sometimes disturbing - account of what we're really eating.
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Interesting.
- By Dr. Jeff McCombs, DC on 10-01-13
By: Melanie Warner
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Blood Pressure Down
- The 10-Step Plan to Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Weeks - Without Prescription Drugs
- By: Janet Bond Brill PhD RD LDN, Emil M. de Goma MD
- Narrated by: Virginia Wolf
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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If you have high blood pressure, you're not alone: nearly a third of adult Americans have been diagnosed with hypertension, and another quarter are well on their way. Yet a whopping 56 percent of diagnosed patients do not have it under control. The good news? Hypertension is easily treatable (and preventable), and you can take action today to bring your blood pressure down in just four weeks - without the potential dangers and side effects of prescription medications.
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Blood Pressure down.
- By BARBARA K JENSEN on 09-18-18
By: Janet Bond Brill PhD RD LDN, and others
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KetoFast
- Rejuvenate Your Health with a Step-by-Step Guide to Timing Your Ketogenic Meals
- By: Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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In this in-depth yet accessible guide, Dr. Joseph Mercola explores the profound health benefits that result when ketogenic living and well-planned fasting are combined.
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BUY THE HARDCOPY - not the Audio
- By KAWAM on 05-05-19
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Superfuel
- Ketogenic Keys to Unlock the Secrets of Good Fats, Bad Fats, and Great Health
- By: Dr. James DiNicolantonio
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Should you cook with coconut oil or vegetable oil? Eat butter, cream, or olive oil? Supplement with fish oil or flax oil? Sometimes it seems as if everyone has a different opinion on these crucial questions - but this audiobook holds real answers. Best-selling author and teacher Dr. Joseph Mercola teams up with cardiovascular expert Dr. James DiNicolantonio to cut through the confusion about how dietary fats affect our bodies and set the record straight on how to eat for optimal well-being.
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There IS a PDF (now)
- By Maya on 11-16-18
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The Gut Balance Revolution
- Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!
- By: Gerard E. Mullin
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Recent cutting-edge research shows that human intestinal microbiota influences metabolism, appetite, energy, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Because gut microflora plays a central role in weight management, losing weight is much more than cutting calories, fat, or carbs. When the trillions of live bacteria in our digestive tract - the gut microbiome - are balanced, excess pounds melt away, and we feel revitalized.
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Incredible book!
- By N on 06-06-16
By: Gerard E. Mullin
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Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution
- Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline
- By: Steven R. Gundry
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it's really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. From the renowned surgeon and founder of Gundry MD, this revolutionary book shares the health secrets other doctors won't tell you.
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Hard to know what to think
- By Innate on 06-26-17
By: Steven R. Gundry
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Good Food, Bad Diet
- The Habits You Need to Ditch Diet Culture, Lose Weight, and Fix Your Relationship with Food Forever
- By: Abby Langer
- Narrated by: Natalie Duke
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Empowering, inclusive, smart, and a must-have, Good Food, Bad Diet will give you the tools to reject diets, repair your relationship with food, and lose weight so you can move on with your life.
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Very informative and to the point
- By Tess S on 11-07-22
By: Abby Langer
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Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
- The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
- By: Walter C. Willett MD DrPH
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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There's an ever-growing body of evidence supporting the relatively simple principles that are behind healthy eating - yet the public seems to be more confused than ever. Never-ending promotions of fad diets get in the way of people making healthy choices. In this revised and updated edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Dr. Willett uses eye-opening research to explain the relative importance of various food groups and supplements as well as how to choose foods with the best types of carbohydrates, fats, and protein.
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- By vonronge on 12-26-17
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- O. Brown
- 04-26-24
Patience does not pay off
Unfortunately, this book fell flat. I listened patiently to get to the author's thesis, including lots of deep biochemistry that ultimately didn't matter. I didn't get anything of value from this book and the title, as others have said, is completely misleading.
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- Collin
- 01-11-22
Informative and thought provoking!
I truly enjoy when authors narrate their own books; as well are able to convey the passion for the the subject in such concise detail as found in this book.
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- Kaidong
- 05-18-22
Informative, But Slightly Meandering
This book is a great "zero to hero" course that introduces its readers to the very detailed history and mechanisms surrounding the calorie, as well as a reliving of my AP Biology class in high school. The first part covers some pretty dry stuff, but I admit that it's essential for a base for the more discussion-based latter half. The second half was more interesting for me, where Dr Yeo dives into interesting topics that I can relate with such as diet, processed foods, and societal inequalities that stem from food.
The information provided in this book is legit and fairly easy to digest. Dr. Yeo has that children's book author energy, Inserting some quips and punchlines here and there to keep the delivery of the content fresh. Sometimes though, he would start talking about a story that does connect back to the main topic but takes too long for me to stay focused. In that light, the quips and zany jokes do become more cheesy than cute. I don't blame a man for trying though.
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- Madeleine
- 12-10-21
I’m glad for a scientific analysis
Science and moderation. Listen to the science and scientists around you, use your best judgement, have grace with yourself, make decisions for yourself and not others.
A great read!
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- Salvador Maldonado
- 02-25-23
Mostly a boring lecture
The vast majority of the book is like a lecture on how and where we got the Term "calorie" and its many complexities.... just boring with no real world applications, the book is full of useless knowledge not worth remembering.
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1. a calorie is a calorie
2. eat less and exercise more.
3. Our understanding of food and how our digestive system works is a fairly new thing that is combobulated with everyones opinion.
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- Todd Stephens
- 09-24-22
Informative and entertaining
The author/narrator was enjoyable to listen to. I liked that he didn't try to push any particular agenda too hard.
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- Toby
- 04-13-22
Excellent book but no PDF available
This is a very entertaining science-based well researched book about nutrition in general and calorie specifically, and highly recommended. Audible does not have a PDF linked to the book, and this is frustrating because the author directs the listener to the PDF probably a dozen times………
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- L. Johnson
- 02-24-23
Fabulous
A great book with lots of science and humor. The author was a joy to listen to.
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- Naobonne
- 08-30-24
Lots of math and chemistry…
To much math and chemistry for a lay person to understand. Three or chapters could have been sum up to say it all comes done to eating enough protein and vegetables.
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- Ria Drane
- 05-10-22
Great but wish it had the PDF
this book was great to help me recontextualize my thoughts around food. I just wish it actually came with the PDF. That's my only complaint. I loved the reading. It made it highly enjoyable.
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