Gary did a good job of mentioning the other side of the equation when insulin is high. It's worth repeating. When insulin is high, the body upregulates sugar-burning in order to reduce the excess blood glucose and not waste the readily available energy. If insulin is chronically high, we become chronic sugar burners. Our mitochondria get more and more efficient at burning sugar and less and less efficient at burning fat. This is the path to diabetes and cancer over time. We need to train our mitochondria to become predominant fat burners (when at rest). This means eating more (healthy) fat and foods that have a low carbohydrate density (non-refined carbs). Exercise such as weights and HIIT also generate healthy mitochondria that are more metabolically flexible; this means they are easily able to switch from sugar burning to fat burning as necessary due to appropriate insulin sensitivity.
I enjoy the content on this podcast. This, for example, is a superb guest! However, one criticism--and this is being expressed with a kind spirit--I would enjoy these interviews more if the interviewer would not interrupt the guest but would wait to comment; it is disconcerting. Thanks so much.
People who say that weight loss is about calories in calories out are merely describing the energy balance that allows someone to lose, maintain, or gain weight. This is like saying that this car can't move because its gas tank is empty. That is simply stating the obvious. The deeper question is WHY is the gas tank empty? In the case of weight loss, WHY do some people have a hard time controlling for calories, while others don't? This is where the hormonal effect of food within the context of insulin resistance, as Gary Taubes has elucidated for more than a decade, is illuminating. Of course calories matter. However, when you focus on why the weight gain inducing calorie surplus happens in certain people, and you leave out the assumptions about character, you realize that macro-nutrient composition matters. With the proper macro-nutrient composition, where high carbohydrate items devoid of much fiber are kept low, and where protein and fat are raised to ones satiety point, calories can be controlled without the herculean effort that causes most people to fail consciously calorie restricted diets. It is this method that allowed me to lose 110 lbs (50 kg), and obtain a waist line below 30" (76 cm), and sustain this way of eating for 4 years. I am now leaner as 42 year old man, working a sedentary white collar job, than when I was an active and athletic teenager. I am indebted to Taubes for showing me how efficacious this way of eating is, and proving how abysmally poor much of the so called "science" was that attempted to discredit low carb/high fat diets as dangerous or ineffective. Without Taubes removing these misgivings, nurtured by bad science and an industry driven agenda, I would never have embarked on this life changing way of eating. Thank you Mr. Taubes for the work you are doing.
The irony is I lost 40 kg by eating high carbohydrates diet extremely low fat which comprises a lot of potatoes and beans rice and still lost a lot of weight effortlessly
@@hanssmith8901 Good for you. Do what works for you. However, for a lot of people, such a diet causes frequent bouts of hunger and lethargy, which causes them to overeat. That is the way I responded to such a diet. The same holds true for a lot of other people, who tried low fat/high carbohydrate diets and utterly failed on them. Just as we wear different shoe sizes, have different skin complexions, are of varying heights, and have different attitudes, it stands to reason that people, both physiologically and psychologically react differently to different dietary protocols as well. Diet, like anything else in life, is a highly individualized thing. Just as we acknowledge that no one size fits all in the other aforementioned characteristics, it is probably true that diets should be personalized as well.
Drake Santiago If you are eating vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains it is virtually impossible to overeat to the point of excess weight gain and at the same time you are eating the same foods which have always been recommended as the main source of calories in a healthy diet. You can't and won't overeat boiled potatoes to the point of excess weight gain, but oil, dairy, butter, processed meats/foods over time can contribute to weight gain...you can eat a high fat diet and lose weight but there are not large populations or studies showing this is the ideal diet for longevity...
Calories in calories out, is simplistic but true. Much of these health/diet videos or "experts" focus on the problem of obesety, but i personaly have trouble putting on Weight, no matter what i eat, candy/ burguers... so is not just what we eat, ir that was true i would be overweight and i' m not, i' m skinny.
I have to gain weight. My diet has changed for the better and I feel fantastic. I do have a physical job also. I don't eat any refined sugar. Do you have any suggestions?? It's so frustrating. I'm so grateful for the information in this video. Thank you for your input.
I wish the Health Company I work for would address this topic as bluntly described in this video. But, sadly, the issue is skirted around and comes down to calories in vs calories out.
but i still didnt get how to gain weight?! dj i have to check for my diabetic type 1? for insulin? help please! im starving, eating healthy food doesnt help much.
Comparing a big gulp (liquid) to 21 Cups of broccoli (solid food)is moronic.. no one could possibly eat that many cups of broccoli in a day, where a big gulp could be drunk in a matter of minutes and has little effect on your satiety...
As we look back 50 years ratio of diabetes, heart disease, cancer were very low. When thinking of next 50 years the things will be worst and scary if human lifestyle goes with this way in which we are living.
blood sugars are out of whack man... i was the same until i increased my fat intake mid protein low carb diet... helped me a lot.. i dont know what your current health situation is so dont try it until you speak with your practitioner. do your research!
Ah Yeah, so go ahead and take out that worthless Kaya Purohit Commercial - How fricken stupid is that. Oh, otherwise nice video clip. Definitely don't need the dumbed down outline at the end, makes the video less than it would be without.
Gary did a good job of mentioning the other side of the equation when insulin is high. It's worth repeating.
When insulin is high, the body upregulates sugar-burning in order to reduce the excess blood glucose and not waste the readily available energy. If insulin is chronically high, we become chronic sugar burners. Our mitochondria get more and more efficient at burning sugar and less and less efficient at burning fat. This is the path to diabetes and cancer over time.
We need to train our mitochondria to become predominant fat burners (when at rest). This means eating more (healthy) fat and foods that have a low carbohydrate density (non-refined carbs). Exercise such as weights and HIIT also generate healthy mitochondria that are more metabolically flexible; this means they are easily able to switch from sugar burning to fat burning as necessary due to appropriate insulin sensitivity.
I enjoy the content on this podcast. This, for example, is a superb guest! However, one criticism--and this is being expressed with a kind spirit--I would enjoy these interviews more if the interviewer would not interrupt the guest but would wait to comment; it is disconcerting. Thanks so much.
People who say that weight loss is about calories in calories out are merely describing the energy balance that allows someone to lose, maintain, or gain weight. This is like saying that this car can't move because its gas tank is empty. That is simply stating the obvious. The deeper question is WHY is the gas tank empty? In the case of weight loss, WHY do some people have a hard time controlling for calories, while others don't? This is where the hormonal effect of food within the context of insulin resistance, as Gary Taubes has elucidated for more than a decade, is illuminating. Of course calories matter. However, when you focus on why the weight gain inducing calorie surplus happens in certain people, and you leave out the assumptions about character, you realize that macro-nutrient composition matters. With the proper macro-nutrient composition, where high carbohydrate items devoid of much fiber are kept low, and where protein and fat are raised to ones satiety point, calories can be controlled without the herculean effort that causes most people to fail consciously calorie restricted diets.
It is this method that allowed me to lose 110 lbs (50 kg), and obtain a waist line below 30" (76 cm), and sustain this way of eating for 4 years. I am now leaner as 42 year old man, working a sedentary white collar job, than when I was an active and athletic teenager. I am indebted to Taubes for showing me how efficacious this way of eating is, and proving how abysmally poor much of the so called "science" was that attempted to discredit low carb/high fat diets as dangerous or ineffective. Without Taubes removing these misgivings, nurtured by bad science and an industry driven agenda, I would never have embarked on this life changing way of eating. Thank you Mr. Taubes for the work you are doing.
The irony is I lost 40 kg by eating high carbohydrates diet extremely low fat which comprises a lot of potatoes and beans rice and still lost a lot of weight effortlessly
@@hanssmith8901 Good for you. Do what works for you. However, for a lot of people, such a diet causes frequent bouts of hunger and lethargy, which causes them to overeat. That is the way I responded to such a diet. The same holds true for a lot of other people, who tried low fat/high carbohydrate diets and utterly failed on them. Just as we wear different shoe sizes, have different skin complexions, are of varying heights, and have different attitudes, it stands to reason that people, both physiologically and psychologically react differently to different dietary protocols as well. Diet, like anything else in life, is a highly individualized thing. Just as we acknowledge that no one size fits all in the other aforementioned characteristics, it is probably true that diets should be personalized as well.
Drake Santiago If you are eating vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains it is virtually impossible to overeat to the point of excess weight gain and at the same time you are eating the same foods which have always been recommended as the main source of calories in a healthy diet. You can't and won't overeat boiled potatoes to the point of excess weight gain, but oil, dairy, butter, processed meats/foods over time can contribute to weight gain...you can eat a high fat diet and lose weight but there are not large populations or studies showing this is the ideal diet for longevity...
Calories in calories out, is simplistic but true. Much of these health/diet videos or "experts" focus on the problem of obesety, but i personaly have trouble putting on Weight, no matter what i eat, candy/ burguers... so is not just what we eat, ir that was true i would be overweight and i' m not, i' m skinny.
I have to gain weight. My diet has changed for the better and I feel fantastic. I do have a physical job also. I don't eat any refined sugar. Do you have any suggestions?? It's so frustrating. I'm so grateful for the information in this video. Thank you for your input.
Gaining weight has more to do with the calorie density of the diet than the quantity of food.
I wish the Health Company I work for would address this topic as bluntly described in this video. But, sadly, the issue is skirted around and comes down to calories in vs calories out.
Everything counts!
but i still didnt get how to gain weight?! dj i have to check for my diabetic type 1? for insulin? help please! im starving, eating healthy food doesnt help much.
Comparing a big gulp (liquid) to 21
Cups of broccoli (solid food)is moronic.. no one could possibly eat that many cups of broccoli in a day, where a big gulp could be drunk in a matter of minutes and has little effect on your satiety...
As we look back 50 years ratio of diabetes, heart disease, cancer were very low. When thinking of next 50 years the things will be worst and scary if human lifestyle goes with this way in which we are living.
I kove your open mindedness. Please feature Wim Hof & Dr. Zach Bush. Both powerful voices in functional medicine your audience should hear
Taking a holistic approach to health >>>
so true
Wow, Gary is looking good ... His facial features, he looks like he’s ageing in reverse. I want some of what he’s having.
What a great analogy (wallet, money)
This is the same theory as in James fung obesity code
If I don’t eat fruit and sweet potatoes I feel sluggish
blood sugars are out of whack man... i was the same until i increased my fat intake mid protein low carb diet... helped me a lot.. i dont know what your current health situation is so dont try it until you speak with your practitioner. do your research!
I have no problem metabolizing fructose if I eat it after I lift weights.
But fructose feeds cancer and parasites@@carolesteinberg7463
Ah Yeah, so go ahead and take out that worthless Kaya Purohit Commercial - How fricken stupid is that. Oh, otherwise nice video clip. Definitely don't need the dumbed down outline at the end, makes the video less than it would be without.
That is actually needed for most people believe it or not. I work with people daily that need it spelled out for them.