4 diet myths with Tim Spector | BBC Maestro

Hear from Tim Spector as he unpacks diet myths surrounding our health today and how you can build more healthy and sustainable eating habits.
Timestamps:
00:06 1. Calorie counting
00:55 2. Crash diets
02:47 3. Supplements and vitamins
06:44 4. Exercise
09:22 The diet industry
10:41 Building sustainable eating habits
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I've never trusted counting calories because the definition of a calorie is woefully inadequate. 1 Calorie is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water 1 degree Celsius. Ok, so what is 2 Calories? Is it what is required to raise 2 liters of water 2 degrees? 1 liter of water 2 degrees? Or 2 liters of water 1 degree? It seems to me that without that specification it's little more than a guess and not to be trusted.

[@pynn1000]

You are right to not trust calories but my reason is different. 2 Calories (KCal) raises 1 litre of water 2°C, or 2 litres by 1°C, so not a guess. Food Calories were calculated by burning stuff in a bomb calorimeter, measuring heat produced, we humans are not bomb calorimeters, but much more complex.

[@deusexmachinawl]

I cannot believe you brought this guy on the maestro series… I will retain my comments but no good