How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong - with Giles Yeo

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All of the calorie counts you see on food today are wrong. Obesity researcher Giles Yeo shows why calories are not created equal.
Giles' newest book "Why Calories Don't Count" is available now: geni.us/rjch7M
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Giles Yeo explores what your environment has to do with your bodyweight, the science behind why popular diets succeed, at least in the short term, and why they ultimately fail.
Dr Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years’ experience dedicated to researching the genetics of obesity. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and assisted the ground-breaking research that uncovered key pathways in how the brain controls food intake.
His current research focuses on understanding how these pathways differ from person to person, and the influence of genetics in our relationship with food and eating habits.
He is based at MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, where he is Principal Research Associate, and is a fellow and graduate tutor at Wolfson College. Giles also moonlights as a science presenter for the BBC. He lives in Cambridge with his family.
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@theouthousepoet 2 года назад

I just wanted to offer a small (and insignificant) voice in defense [of some] doctors, as mine recommended Giles Yeo’s book (and The Obesity Code) when I asked her about nutrition. - she said the short answer to diet was “low carbs unless they are high in fiber” - went on to say the body is incredibly complex and that if I wanted to learn more I should read the aforementioned books - acknowledged that she was a GP and not a nutritionist - said that if I wanted the right answers, they wouldn’t be quick or easy Honestly she has been an absolute angel since she entered my life. She got me off the vast majority of medication I was on, did extensive tests to figure out what was going on with my crazy body, and forwarded me - and encouraged me to - research while I was waiting to see a neurologist. I am so incredibly fortunate. I am horrified at the amount of “pill pusher” stories I hear from most folks.

@matthewhook3375 6 месяцев назад

You really lucked out with your GP! I succumbed to obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in 2022 and in my experience everyone in my local practice just doles out pills to manage the symptoms. I was eventually offered a round of 6 appointments with a health coach, who has educated me properly and set me on the path to recovery. 4 appointments in and they sacked him, the only person in the building actually looking "upstream" and trying to fix the root causes of poor health 🤦‍♂

@mottizaslow9924 5 месяцев назад

He was the most boring speakers I've listened to years. He managed to take a fascinating subject and put me to sleep by listening to him

@BankruptMonkey 2 года назад

This is the most forgiving lesson on unhealthy foods in regards to people with little money I've ever seen. I love the emphasis on making the healthiest choices you CAN make instead of beating yourself up if you can't afford the cost/lost work time of perfect food.

@fruz1378 2 года назад

@Surb Singh Burgers are not junk food per se, mcdonalds' menus however .... ( it could have been another chain ). But there is a golden rule about pretty much everything that is not mentionned here ( implied though ) : anything can be bad if not taken/used moderatly. Eating at mcdonalds is not a problem unless you do it every other day and it has like .... a L size soda ( hello sugar ) in it. I don't think he mentioned the harm of people drinking too much coke and other very high carbs sodas too, I think maybe don't realize how harmful those are when consummed in large quantities.

@satoshinakamoto7253 2 года назад

Kinobody

@antoniobento2105 2 года назад

@@fruz1378 He mentioned you shouldnt eat more than 5% added sugars, so I think he covored that

@fruz1378 2 года назад

@@antoniobento2105 "added sugars" mean nothing. Sugars mean something. I said that it was kind of implied but not explicitely said, added sugar are just one thing ultimately.

@antoniobento2105 2 года назад

@@fruz1378 He says added, or free because he is not refering to the sugars that are present in fruits, like frutose.

@fredhughes4115 2 года назад

"How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong", "Why Calories don't count" ... OK, I figured, this is gonna be some sort of garbage, click-baity, scientology-like, Internet-worthy BS. But I couldn't resist checking out what turned out to be the most interesting and informative lecture on nutrition that I've ever heard. Well done sir.

@iTradeAIMS 2 года назад

This is the Royal Institution. The Mecca of Facts. The home of Science. The Africa of knowledge.

@Photologistic 2 года назад

You had cognitive dissonance because you’ve been outright lied to by most every drug prescriber and the media who cater to their ad revenue (Doctors don’t study health, rather how to operate after the damage is done, or prescribe for big pharma). Excess Carbohydrate clearly cause weight gain and together with industrial seed oils cause a whole slew of maladies from cancer to heart disease to diabetes. Medicine needs to revisit the teaching of Hippocrates (which they ignore after taking their oath).

@iTradeAIMS 2 года назад

@@Photologistic I will be very surprised if you're NOT from the USA.

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

It is click-baity garbage. He doesn't even try to defend his thesis. Rather he just assumes that calories are all that counts throughout.

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

@@Photologistic Wrong. No matter how much carbohydrates you take in: If your energy balance is negative you cannot gain weight. On the other hand you will gain weight if your calory balance is positive, even if you only eat the necessary ammount of sugars.

@julietmarlowe5661 2 года назад

This is the only strategy that has actually worked for me! Getting as many nutrients as I can within the prescribed calorie amount for my height, weight, age, gender & lifestyle. Thank you for posting this.

@iluvyunie 2 года назад

was looking for the comment that explained the clickbait so that I didn't have to seethe all day

@DarkoFitCoach Год назад

So u just followed a caloric deficit and presto weight loss. Congrats on obeying the laws of energy conservation and telling us what every human already knows

@sandriagutierrez2605 5 месяцев назад

Out of all the talking heads I’ve listened to in the vast internet sea, you make the most sense!!

@alaindeturing62 2 года назад

Good job keeping the energy high through-out the talk, kept me engaged

@3588mb 2 года назад

Calories

@panchoverde5078 2 года назад

Who considers processed food as food?

@adaynasmile 2 года назад

I grew up in the United States as a person who was food-insecure. I still have habits from that childhood and the fear of not having food. It has been so hard to change my thinking, and I have health issues that come from about 27 years of living without much security in food and choosing unhealthy food because it was what I could afford, and what was readily available. Thank you for this presentation.

@timdoherty101 2 года назад

That “food insecurity” is a thing in a society as rich as the US is inexcusable.

@SailorYuki 2 года назад

@@timdoherty101 That's an issue for all wealthy societies. It's insane that people, especially children have to go hungry.

@SailorYuki 2 года назад

I grew up in a household where we didn't have much money but mom always made sure we had at least something to eat, even if it was just eggs. I'm not food insecure as such anymore since we do have food, and plenty of it, it's just with my food allergies, I can't eat much of anything. Meaning, I'm basically intermittent fasting whether I like it or not.

@timdoherty101 2 года назад

@@SailorYuki It is much less of an issue in the European social democracies and the British ex-dominions which don’t share the Horatio Alger mythology and extreme individualism of the US.

@SailorYuki 2 года назад

@@timdoherty101 I'm aware of the social situation in the US. But there are other countries, even within the ones you mentioned where children are practically left to fend for them selves. I'm involved in a charity group where the need for food has risen exponentially. So many families that go without food or money for food even if they live in a wealthy "leftist" country. I grew up in poverty, and practical homelessness. Sure it wasn't as bad as it is in the States, but this isn't a competition. Not having stability when it comes to food or even a roof over your head affects people, regardless of where they grew up. Even to this day I skip meals just so there's enough for my son to eat at least something. My allergies prevent me from eating pre made or highly processed foods and I therefore need to get all ingredients from scratch. Which is very expensive if you have food allergies. So no food for me.

@louisbarbisan8471 Год назад

At 73, I sometimes don't understand most of the physic, but the way you explained what Calories are, and anyone can understand by watching and listening to you. Many thank to you, Giles Yeo.

@rays2794 2 года назад

Absolutely the best 45 minutes of information about food, calories, diets and micronutrients I have ever heard! Brilliantly laid out, totally understandable and quite entertaining. Thank you so much and I’m definitely buying your book.

@ScrupulousAtheist 2 года назад

Definitely not the worst, but he really didn't touch on micronutrients.

@tiagow95 2 года назад

I dont think he mentioned micronutrients

@GaiusGaltar 2 года назад

The "what i've learned" channel has the rest

@satoshinakamoto7253 2 года назад

Kinobody

@theexipureteam3460 2 года назад

The title claims that calories don't count and that everyone got the science of weight loss wrong. It then expands in far too much detail that in fact calories do count and hence that we have not gotten the science of weight loss wrong. He even admits it on page 256. This is a totally misguided book about weight control written by someone whose education should have taught him better but clearly has not. His own personal diet, as he describes it, is embarrassing. The scariest part is that he is a government funded scientist doing research on obesity.

@kysfggt 2 года назад

TLDR if you don't have time. Yes, if you eat less than the energy you use, you will lose weight so counting calories works. However, some foods will require more energy to digest so they're not as caloric as you think they are. And also, some foods fill you up better than others. But if you can resist the hunger, you still lose weight even on burgers

@santallum 2 года назад

calorie counting = being food obsessed and is therefore self defeating in many instances

@kysfggt 2 года назад

@@santallum any form of losing weight is food obsession because you fight your natural urges. But that doesn't mean counting calories doesn't work. You just have to put the work in, just like in any other form of diet and lifestyle

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

Yeah the title is clickbait and it's all about calories.

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

@@santallum Counting calories is keeping one number in mind. I think that should be the easiest part of any diet. If you're not even thinking about the energy total, you're not really intentionally manipulating your diet.

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

@@arnor4214 Indeed. Just think, if it were different, fasting/starving people would either not lose weight or even gain weight. That is not the case, so CICO works just fine, as expected and as stated by Giles Yeo.

@TheKiltedGerman 2 года назад

"All of that is origamied into us." Made my day.

@chrisdunn1797 2 года назад

Yes, I really liked that one.

@Adam-ui3yn 2 года назад

Some lifestyle changes to your eating that require minimal will power that I found helpful from experience ! 1. Eat as much as you want in terms of protein and veggies 2. If you're craving something sweet, you must eat a fruit first then maybe wait 10 minutes. Usually the craving goes away, and if not you can still have your sweet but at least now your craving will have subsided a little bit so you'll eat less. 3. Easier to practice self control once at the grocery store by not buying junk food, then it is to have junk food in the house and practice self control every time you walk by the kitchen. 4. Limit eating sweets to one time a day, I usually save this for nighttime when my cravings are their strongest. It's much easier to over eat sweets if you have than multiple times in a day than it is having as much as you want in only a single time frame. 5. If you're craving snacks have a large glass of water first, you'll naturally want to eat less of them. 6. Stay active, and engaged in something. We're constantly looking for stimulation since we're conditioned to have it non-stop. If we have nothing to occupy us we turn to food even if we're not necessarily hungry. 7. Always have lots of meal prep ready ! When I come home from work and I'm super hungry the last thing I feel like doing is preparing food for an hour. It makes it SO much harder to not just pick up fast food on the way home. The less obstacles you put to eating healthy the likelier you are to stick to it !

@thalesnemo2841 Год назад

Factually wrong! Just skip all the CARBOHYDRATES! Modern fruits are just toxic tree candies! Plants are full of toxins and anti nutrients such as lectins, phytates and oxalates! Eat fatty animal sourced foods not too often !

@SharnieTwo 2 года назад

So pleased to have clicked on this by chance - what a clear and concise lecture on calories and I’m so happy to have been informed. Bravo

@OneMoreJames 2 года назад

"Sometimes life demands a chocolate bar; sometimes life demands a banana." Words to live by, man.

@Attabasca 2 года назад

And sometimes life demands chocolate covered bananas.

@Skukkix23 2 года назад

yeah and sometimes life is misleading

@OneMoreJames 2 года назад

@@Skukkix23 Then just keep a banana and a chocolate bar on you, at all times. Best to be prepared.

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

I'm not so sure. Just as a glass of whisky is probably not the best advice to give to an alcoholic, a chocolate bar, and even a banana, might not be the best advice to give to someone on a quest to lose weight. Calories *do* count, despite the claim.

@OneMoreJames 2 года назад

@@BartBVanBockstaele Sometimes life demands a banana peel in between you and a chocolate bar.

@bikecrew1736 2 года назад

This guy is precise, concise, accurate, spot on….etc. Just great!

@will_of_europa 2 года назад

He presents the mainstream narrative quite well, but he's not talking about more important thinks like oxidative stress, oxalate and lectin toxicity, and polyunsaturated fats. He's not doing enough due diligence and asking for your trust simply because he has a degree without actually proving anything. His month long vegan diet is a joke. I lost 30 pounds eating pasta and ice cream simply because I cut out highly oxidable linoleic acid from my diet. Most weight loss strategies in the mainstream are starvation diets. Keto and carnivore are not calorie deficit diets, they are low resting blood glucose diets that trigger sleeping autophagy.

@eman737 2 года назад

Thank you RI for having Dr. Yeo on. Very informative and Dr. Giles Yeo's charisma made me stay for the whole thing.

@F33DtheF34R 2 года назад

I was hesitant to watch a longer 50 min video like this but I’m sure glad I did. I started my weight loss over 2 years ago, lost 100lbs, then gained a little back to be at a healthier weight for myself and have been keeping it off since. I learned a lot during that time and continue to learn and this talk helped me further understand why what I did, worked. Thank you for this, it was easy to follow for the average person. I feel even though there were parts that went into great detail and “sciencey” stuff, the main points were plain and simple. Top notch!

@EDKsurly 2 года назад

I can hear Coach Greg screaming in the backgrounds.

@thebadger9302 2 года назад

His head will explode!

@deavman 2 года назад

@@thebadger9302 May be not..He might learn a few things and update his knowledge..

@jonhill7081 2 года назад

If you actually watch it, at about 26:00 he basically says that CICO is what works... The point of the lecture is that if you want to be super-scientific about it, you need to include factors like the caloric availability of the foods, as well as the calories your body requires to process the food you're eating. So, CICO is the blunt tool that works, what this lecture is about is the delicate craft-knife approach.

@bonob0123 2 года назад

Greg mostly agrees with everything that is said in this lecture

@todda8820 2 года назад

Coach Greg saying he is being too padantic about thermal effect of food.

@CruzMonrreal 2 года назад

"... And there's only so much time in a day that you have to chew!" Ok, I lost it here. That was brilliant!

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

It might even work, **if** you stick to raw celery and raw green cabbage. Make no mistake, those of us who are always hungry will always manage to gain weight. One can only hope we are part of a minority. Come to think of it, raw green grass would definitely work well: it would simply slice up one's intestines ^_^.

@Veldoril 2 года назад

@@BartBVanBockstaele To the raw green grass it is.

@nickvieru8969 2 года назад

"She's more of a woman because she's less of a woman". Apart from being a brilliant scientist, he's quite the comedian.

@ellenchen8 2 года назад

40:24 LOL

@giselec.7806 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@arrashzafari3918 Год назад

Qq1~~

@arrashzafari3918 Год назад

@@ellenchen8 qq

@arrashzafari3918 Год назад

@billsmith3309 2 года назад

This is an awesome summation of eating approaches I have tried hard to follow, and have never totally understood why they were true. I am very grateful for the explanation. Keep up the good work and keep getting the message out there.

@OrestesKyriakosPoulakis 2 года назад

I've heard people telling me how lemons are alkaline and I just stared trying to figure out how can they think that. I'm very glad I'm not the only one that encountered that madness.

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

You are not alone. When you ask a bit further, these people will become quite agitated or dish up a ridiculous story of how the acid in lemons turns alkaline in the body and that they are 'therefore' alkaline.

@hepthegreat4005 2 года назад

tell them there's dihydrogen monoxide in their water.... watch the chaos. That's what I always do.

@Melesniannon 2 года назад

I tried talking to those people but all I got was an acidic response.

@altrag 2 года назад

@@Melesniannon They always seemed more basic to me..

@steffencambon4718 2 года назад

The ability to listen to an opposing viewpoint, however bonkers, is a litmus test

@ehhhhhhhhhh 2 года назад

I have to agree with another commenter: the title of the book is misleading. It seems to imply that CICO is wrong, or that a dieter shouldn't care about CICO. The real takeaway is that protein may calculate as having slightly less calories than one would expect, and processed foods will probably have more calories than the label leads you to believe. That criticism aside, I stuck around for the full hour and enjoyed the talk very much.

@clearcontentment3695 2 года назад

It’s too lure in people. It’s like click bait or the literary equivalent

@robertgiordano3452 2 года назад

It is true that protein is a slightly hotter macro.. but we all agree that the video title is really dumb.

@neildutoit5177 2 года назад

thanks for saving me an hour

@jacquin8511 2 года назад

Not more calories than the label, as that gives you the maximum energy given off when incinerated. But processed food will be closer to the maximum.

@Maladringe666 2 года назад

@@clearcontentment3695 "Dont eat those processed sugars" doesnt sell as hard as calories dont count

@calmheart1782 2 года назад

My family eats REAL food with treats sometimes. We eat healthy food enough and often enough that we don’t worry about an occasional treat or fast food. I agree sometimes life needs a chocolate bar! My husband and I are 63 and 61 and take no meds. We cook at home and enjoy our meals! REAL food tastes great. Dr. Robert Lustig says to ‘protect the liver and feed the gut’. That’s how we eat mostly. Enjoyed the video!

@preetizangulo3470 2 года назад

You're an amazing speaker, Mr. Yeo! Very informative but you managed to explain everything in concepts understandable to us outside the field. 10/10 will buy your book!

@martypoll 2 года назад

I studied physics and engineering and your title scared me but I listened anyway (because I saw the Cambridge U label). You do understand the physics of calorie deficit! I kept on listening and I am glad I did. You clarified the diet world immensely and you entertained at the same time. Thank you for this video.

@pureabsolute4618 2 года назад

It’s people like you that destroy rational discourse. I’m glad this guy got through to you - not all calories are the same, the opposite of which is what ‘calories in = calories out’ means when the average diet and exercise guru talks. ‘Trust me I’m a doctor’ guy didn’t even go to how you metabolism is affected by your food choices and timing - listen to some other doctors for the skinny on that. “But calories in and processed = calories out” - true. And someone not dealing with syndrome x burns more than some who is. “But that’s just changing calories out” - duh. Can you tell I’ve my fill of “MIT graduates” who don’t do critical thinking unless chastised by a professor or a “ journal of science”?

@martypoll 2 года назад

@@pureabsolute4618 What do you mean by “people like me”? Calories in vs calories out remains true. He didn’t get anything through to me but he very nicely and concisely described how the various diets fit into that context. I appreciated his clarity.

@pureabsolute4618 2 года назад

@@martypoll "People who poo poo different diets and exercise with the overly simplistic retort 'calories in = calories out'". Usually its the engineers / scientists / etc that use that mantra. Other scientists like this guy have to "explain" how the different diets don't violate that rule, and its english speakers such as myself that end up interpreting how neither side is wrong technically. "Technically", because the engineer / scientist usually talks past the average joe, when they have the ability to critically think about what the average joe is saying and come up with a more nuanced response... BTW - I don't know you - perhaps you are a dry ball that doesn't see the context of certain phrases... If so, then I'm sorry that your phrasing triggered me, and that I reacted in a rhetorically violent way :).. However go and post "Calories in = Calories out" to the thousands of channels dealing with diet on RU-vid, and you'll soon see that that phrase has meaning. But, in context, especially with your line about being scared.. it means you've rolled your eyes at people before while using your "Calories in = Calories out" line. Sure - I might be wrong with my interpretation. But I'm also willing to talk it out. And your response tells me I'm more right than wrong - "I can ignore everything you have to say until you admit it's all about calories deficit". As I said, I've seen your type; my favorite was my MIT Biology acquaintance who couldn't move on without that phrase. Kinda funny when he looked smug in his debate tournament win. I realized he probably hadn't gotten past that point in any discussion about dieting.. So for the second part of your answer, he was able to move past your resistance point with his graphic with the scales.. and thus get his clear and concise talking points to your ears. Njoy.

@kenroywillams4441 2 года назад

@@pureabsolute4618 bruh you have no chill

@DevinMacGregor 2 года назад

@@kenroywillams4441 It is like he needs to go eat a snickers bar.

@hgrace0 2 года назад

This really was a very interesting talk and I’m going to have to rewatch it. So much very interesting information to consider

@mohammedfahad4223 Год назад

If only people explained anything with this enthusiasm and clarity. The nutrition and health industry would be in crisis. Very informative! Best 45 mins I have spent today.

@apnjau 8 месяцев назад

Clear as mud!

@Inky_Black 2 года назад

I have family and friends who are astrophysicists (I am an idiot, nothing rubbed off) and what amazes me about the brightest of them, and Giles, is the ability to make a very complicated subject digestible to someone less versed in the subject matter. This is a great talk.

@alwayslearning8365 2 года назад

Great presentation Giles.Your break down of calories in to calories out was very good. Thanks

@ck1416 2 года назад

This guy is great in explaining things, I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture

@will_of_europa 2 года назад

You will like Dr Paul Saladino too. He also goes into the metabolic process.

@terrywilkinson1570 2 года назад

Thank you for an enlightening 45 minutes. I thought at the start, no way am I going to listen to almost an hour of this. But I couldn’t put it down. Ok, I swapped dinner for 2 large vodkas , but it really was enthralling. One of the best you tube health videos I have watched in a year.

@shintsu01 2 года назад

i love the motivation and the way the information was shared, i already had some understanding how food works but with this lecture it went upp a couple levels thank you for that !

@mycommentpwnz 2 года назад

This dude has a great personality. I'm 4 minutes into an educational video, and I've LOL'd twice already.

@Halokon 2 года назад

Incredible science communicator, could listen to Giles talk about anything! Great talk!

@vsiegel 2 года назад

I do not think so, there are just too many small omissions and errors in the presentation. Various other parts are just inappropriate for a talk in the very formal context of the Royal Institution. The content is brilliant, to be clear. A good example for an error is the use of the unit "Kcal" that was not introduced when other calorie units where defined. (I tried to interpret it as thousand calories, but that would be kcal, the k for thousand is lower case. (Uppercase K is Kelvin) I concluded that Kcal is 1000 cal in a different way, similar to Ccal.)

@Thedamped 2 года назад

I agree. Usually when people are talking about diets you can prepare for a bunch of bad info. But everything he said was basically true. I assume his publisher pushed for the ridiculous title for the book. But, maybe it will attract the type of people that are lured in by crazy diets and they will learn something!

@Halokon 2 года назад

@@Thedamped Exactly, the type of person prone to these sorts of fad or dangerous diets is exactly the type of person to be drawn in by this sort of “clickbait”, and anybody reading it, regardless of scientific education level, is going to be leaving with a fuller understanding. Is it aimed at laymen? Absolutely, but academic papers tend not to sell too well, and anybody with the ability to read an academic paper on the subject doesn’t really need to know this, they’re likely fully aware already. Seems like some people don’t understand the concept of scientific communication, and prefer to use their knowledge as an ego boost, and not as a way of making people’s lives better. Personally, I’d rather have more well circulated, scientifically correct (if incomplete) books written by experts than celebrity or profit driven laymen claiming expertise whilst filling the public’s mind with garbage. Demanding everyone get degree level education in every scientific field is beyond impossible, and childish, frankly.

@konstantinzangers4732 6 месяцев назад

Exactly what I experienced last year when I tried to diet. Eating high fibre oatmeal as well as eating high protein eggs helped me to snack less in the morning until lunch time. You are confirming my anecdotal evidence!

@WeAreTheTwintails 2 года назад

This feels like a class, the best class on nutrition that I've ever had.

@Firefoxav26 2 года назад

I was intrigued in the beginning, but he definitely had me hooked by flying saucer lentils 😂

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

I liked the mental picture of flying saucers too, but as a great fan of both green lentils and honesty, I have to report that I don't see any flying saucers after they leave my production unit. On the other hand, I do have the awkward problem of having to declog my toilet almost every day.

@skippy6462 2 года назад

Sounds like he needs to fix his gut bacteria.

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

@@skippy6462 It is also possible that he is not cooking them properly and that they remain harder than they should be (or maybe, I am overcooking them ^_^).

@kabongpope 2 года назад

Thanks for making this available, I missed the original stream.

@colewalliser 2 года назад

super informative, I really enjoyed this talk!

@markus1963nl 2 года назад

Love your energy and story telling. Your enthusiasm for bio chemistry is contagious!

@ocalicreek 2 года назад

Yes, a Gluten Free diet can be low carb, but many Gluten Free processed products contain very high amounts of carbohydrates in sugars, sugar alcohols and other non-gluten flour blends. So Gluten Free can be HIGH carb if you're not careful. Great info overall, really entertaining!

@bigsmiley713 2 года назад

Holy youtube algorithym... i'm so glad i was recommended this. Love this!!

@philmar7866 2 года назад

Fantastic : Very entertaining delivery. Absolutely the best 49 minutes of information about food, calories, diets and micronutrients I have ever heard! Validated much of what I have been doing for a number of decades. Thanks

@joen8529 2 года назад

I’ve completely gotten back on track by calorie counting. It’s the only thing you need to do besides exercise.

@joen8529 2 года назад

@@mmss3199 Good point!!! 💯💯💯

@Hangrid1 2 года назад

Very well explained, its a conversation starter for ourselves. No need to fear or take sides, just understand and make healthier choices.

@bucketofbarnacles 2 года назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this lively and informative presentation. Fantastic. Thank you, Giles.

@G_Demolished 2 года назад

Disclaimer: None of the laws of thermodynamics were harmed in the production of this video. 👍

@slcea7 2 года назад

Work with this information clinically every day. Excellent talk. Thank you for the video. Best of luck with the book sales. Good information for all.

@RamawatarNagar 2 года назад

What a wonderful presentation thoroughly enjoyed it!

@Attabasca 2 года назад

The comment "Don't complain about your job. Twenty years he did this." when explaining how Atwater arrived at caloric values of food literally made me LOL. Indeed I won't!

@KilgoreTroutAsf 2 года назад

Well, Im pretty sure he didnt use his bare hands to handle the waste.

@VocalMabiMaple 2 года назад

"Don't complain about your job" here is such a horrible and toxic take. A purposeless, low paying, non engaging job is infinitely worse than the work done by this scientist. Putting down other people to praise a scientist is no praise at all. Appreciate the fact that this scientist did all this work, but the secondary opinion was unwarranted and harmful to society.

@kosc88 2 года назад

The guy was burning poop for 20 years, dude that's a dream job.

@HrPedrosak 2 года назад

Fantastic talk! Knew a lot of this from earlier, but nice to have it confirmed. Loved the personality of the speaker, and that he talked about food insecurity in the end.

@mantasjoniskis 2 года назад

Fascinating stuff and an engaging presentation. Thank you for sharing, appreciate it.

@waleedkhalid7486 2 года назад

Wonderful lecture! I feel like I understand food more now than at any point in my 27 yr old life.

@StrawberryLegacy 2 года назад

At the end he basically summed up my whole philosopy regarding food ♥ I love food, I don't fear it, I put consideration into what I eat, but not how many calories I eat!

@oliverford5367 2 года назад

Then you are considering calories. If you decide not to eat cake, you're limiting calories by whatever name you call it

@StrawberryLegacy 2 года назад

@@oliverford5367 IF I decide not to eat cake, then because I know it's not good for my body. Not because of calories. You may find that hard to believe but it's the truth 🤷

@oliverford5367 2 года назад

@@StrawberryLegacy Yes but the reason it's bad is primarily because it could put you in a calorie surplus

@StrawberryLegacy 2 года назад

@@oliverford5367 No??? It's bad for you because it's made with white flour and a ton of sugar. Is it really that hard to believe that there are people whose whole mind doesn't revolve around calories and weight?

@oliverford5367 2 года назад

@@StrawberryLegacy Sugar is fine if you burn it off. Tour de France athletes can take a ton of sugar but they burn it all off.

@sashko02 2 года назад

I do appreciate the good audio quality! And (because of that) even more the information that was presented! :)

@Alkixkix 2 года назад

Wait, so calories DO count, it's just that there is room for helping the information on the label be more accurate?

@clintpoland6606 2 года назад

awesome info! i have always love eating and that made me lose weight super hard, tried a lot of diets and exercises along with it, but what made it possible was agoge diet. it changed my life. its always about the right diet for u

@MadelnMachines 2 года назад

Very insightful. I always wondered how many calories we were actually absorbing compared to what was on the packet (given that waste product we expel). Now I know! I'd definitely rather learn scientific information from this guy rather than some fad diet salesperson / celebrity.

@PeterLE2 2 года назад

Nothing new here BUT This is one of the best overviews on this topic that I've ever seen on RU-vid.

@Obilio222 2 года назад

This was fascinating, really helpful, and enjoyable to watch. Thank you!

@beckyenglish4783 2 года назад

Love the knitted digestive system!

@MilnaAlen 2 года назад

Well, gluten free isn't necessarily always low carb, I know my ex ate a lot of ice cream while gluten free

@Nan-59 2 года назад

Same!

@Nan-59 2 года назад

And g/f snacks!!

@BartBVanBockstaele 2 года назад

Indeed. Almost everything is gluten-free. A kilo of sugar contains no gluten whatseover.

@CanyonWanderer 2 года назад

That was very insightful ! I thought I was very aware of how this worked, but you've just shown another dimension, thanks!

@JamesWilliams-qn5cq 2 года назад

Thx a Ton for the Post.

@alexczar1456 2 года назад

This was a great talk, I didn't know about the heat part of the protein processing and the history of calories calculation. The rest I've found on my own here and there. This is a very nice summary. I also appreciate the mentions of low income situations, too bad there were no specific suggestions for them.

@Shoderra 2 года назад

I'm gonna give the best advice I have for low income situations. Learn to cook and make all your food yourself from scratch. It's cheaper then any sort of junkfood or finished meals. There is usually a default carb that is very cheap regardless of where you live. It can be potatoes, rice, a grain, flour, bread or something else. These cheap carbs should make up over half of your diet if you are poor. I can make it by on ~€1800 worth of food over the course of a whole year if i need to in one of the most expensive countries in the world. Now I don't do this, because i don't need to, but occasionally I will have shorter periods of time where i eat very cheap (up to a month).

@deanwal1962 2 года назад

A really interesting presentation. I was also pleased that there was a mention of food insecurity in Britain and explained why some people are too quick judge the food choices of low paid and overworked parents.

@lajungesombre 2 года назад

Great talk AND he has such an awesome demeanor, really down to earth and personable. Really authentic speaker!!!!

@cowboybob7093 2 года назад

Good overview for people who don't know the subject. I learned about how calories are determined and confirmed that there are systemic errors in the process. This is an overview of health vs calories where the viewer must make their own assessments. Pretty much the title describes the content, does not overshoot or undersell the content.

@judith8161 Год назад

When I was in my early twenties, I developed an eating disorder after reading a book on healthy foods. I started cutting down my intake of processed foods, avoided sugar and saturated fats etc., and then it somehow shifted and turned into an obsession with calories. I swear to god, back then I never hoped I'd be able to enjoy a slice of pizza again, but then I decided I'd rather die slightly chubby than to die young from malnutrition. What I learned then was that apples, carrots and most other fruits and veggies don't make me gain weight, even if they DO have a caloric value attributed to them. Later in life, when I was diagnosed with gall stones and had to avoid both fat and proteins to prevent painful cramps, I learned how badly my body missed both. I had to wait 2 months for my surgery, and in that period I lost around 20 pounds, but I was constantly feeling like a wet washcloth. Never again! I think that what we all need to learn is to carefully LISTEN to our body. I used to overeat and paid with excess weight and an upset stomach. I used to eat too much sugar and felt tired all the time. Now that I'm finally eating a diet that matches my body's needs, I'm in good physical shape. It makes me happy to hear someone talk about calories the way I should have regarded them when I was anorexic. It would have kept me from drifting down that harmful alley in the first place.

@peterwilliams6633 2 года назад

What an awsum video, so glad I stumbled across it. Thank you algorithm

@mjt1517 2 года назад

awesome*

@Dan8254 2 года назад

This is a very good talk for me. Thank you It really helps me connecting the missing dots in my understanding of weight management.

@NomadLand666 2 года назад

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! This is very helpful.

@kathrynschierloh7358 2 года назад

Wow, so much good information. Especially your wrap-up at the end less meat, even meat free; much less sugar; much more fiber; and I love your comment about sometimes life demands a chocolate bar and sometimes you need a banana. And you are right, we do need to solve food in equity, and the over processing of foods. There is so much stuff put in a food nowadays that is affecting us healthwise in ways we don’t even know. I have a friend to grow up on a farm, eating beef from locally raised cows bought from a local butcher shop. She told me she cannot eat beef sold at typical grocery stores because it taste so unlike the beef she grew up eating. Thank you, sir for all the information!

@clieding 2 года назад

That was interesting, informative and entertaining. Thank you for a fine presentation.

@PotatoMan1491 2 года назад

This is so informative and detailed and this guy is a whole mood, upvote yo.

@hiddenhen 2 года назад

this is one of the best and most informative nutrition talks i've seen

@UppityRib 2 года назад

"That's like 'how to stay as skinny as possible without dying'" LOL

@tezzo55 2 года назад

Being vegan is worse than dying

@spitalhelles3380 2 года назад

Ok I've watched all of it for thw third time now. Why is the only thing I remember 'Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell'

@rezabosman2152 Год назад

I enjoyed every second of this video, Giles Yeo has such an awesome personality and scientifically brilliant.

@EVRyder 2 года назад

Very informative, interesting and funny! Thank you Giles, we can all benefit from your knowledge.

@billmccaffrey1977 2 года назад

I personally have been on both sides of the privilege spectrum: I grew up very poor often not having security of a meal and had to eat the cheapest available; I got an education through a lot of work and become comfortable middle class eating what ever I want. I had to learn how to eat to control my metabolism and weight. Loved the talk and learned a lot.

@lcmd7833 2 года назад

You are a very engaging speaker … thank you for an excellent lecture! If I heard correctly, one correction: alcohol is not a protein.

@fatfuelledkey 4 месяца назад

Absolutely excellent talk! Easy to follow, concise information with real scientific explanations, without any bias towards a particular diet. Off to buy the book now!

@happypeter1983 2 года назад

This video provides more gems than the rest 100 or so videos/posts I checked combined.

@KevJackson 2 года назад

Fantastic talk - thanks so much for this.

@quirkycreature1957 2 года назад

This was wonderful, thank you. My relationship with food has been very complicated and this was exactly what I needed to hear and learn more about

@ouafallouz 2 года назад

This guy is amazing. More of him, please!

@paulvr9964 2 года назад

So interesting although right out of my wheelhouse, and perhaps what held me to the end, so well delivered! It does help when you both know and love your subject!

@lisac.9393 2 года назад

Very clearly presented, thank you!!

@lexman7179 2 года назад

Fun fact I worked with a guy who went vegan and just spent the whole time eating vegan doughnuts and refused to believe it wasn't healthy.

@Longtack55 2 года назад

Doughnuts are great diet food as they don't have the bit in the middle! Ta dah!!!!

@rybpo7 2 года назад

This is exactly why people say they didn’t feel well on a vegan diet and went back to eating meat. Some vegan food: Many potato chips (some have whey) Pretzels Non-dairy ice cream Nuts Oreos Some cakes, cookies, donuts, etc. Highly processed fake meats Then there are those who go the other direction and try to live on celery and bananas.

@lexman7179 2 года назад

@@rybpo7 That's basically my diet now. Maybe I'm a vegan and didn't even know it.

@rybpo7 2 года назад

@@lexman7179 Could be, man! Just add some veggies once in a while, okay?

@RosesAndIvy 2 года назад

@@rybpo7 Ehm no, that is not why. Not everyone eats junk food all the time. A vegan diet requires a lot of planning and knowledge about nutrition because it is inherently restrictive. Even when eating healthy food it takes quite a bit of effort to have a truly balanced vegan diet, which is why vegans often develop nutrient deficiencies and supplements are a requirement.

@clared5812 2 года назад

This is such an incredible talk, I can’t believe I’m getting access to it for free. Hope this guy gets paid handsomely

@siavosh87 2 года назад

This is one of the most interesting videos I have watched on RU-vid for a while now. I am slightly at odds though with his definition of a high protein diet as total calories from protein being more than 16 percent. As someone who rigorously records calories daily via MyFitnessPal, it is virtually impossible to eat in such a way that protein is less than 16 percent of total calories. Even if all you have is pancakes, cereal or pasta, the protein contribution will easily be more than 16 percent.

@BlackIceDragonSalome 2 года назад

16% is easily reached even with a very processed diet (Pizza, Burgers, Fries etc). I find it get's hard to reach your protein at around 25%. My current goal is around 30% (or around 150-180 gr/Protein/day depending on my workout routine) and that's a struggle... but at least my muscles are happy about it. lol

@Saitoshiba 2 года назад

@@BlackIceDragonSalome That's why people use supplements. My goal is around 30 to 35% of protein. But most days I only get 30% and that's enough. Since I do this with food only.

@BlackIceDragonSalome 2 года назад

@@Saitoshiba I couldn't do my 30% with food only :D I use protein powder to reach it. :) Without supps I would get up to max of 120 gr (which would be alright too) :)

@laumay7364 2 года назад

Saitoshiba This bag of pork rinds I'm eating says 8 grams per 1/2 oz. I guess I'm on a high protein diet! 😳😁

@rachelfaas4767 2 года назад

@@laumay7364 the Protien from pork rinds is very poor quality. Your body will not be able to use those like from actual pork

@SagaciousEagle 2 года назад

Based on my experience, the Thin Wallet diet is the best way to lose weight and guaranteed to prevent overeating.

@BlackHalo87 2 года назад

be careful with that diet, though, you don't want to buy 900kcal with a pound xD

@DFPercush 2 года назад

unless you eat a bunch of ramen noodles every couple of hours lol

@Pax_Veritas 2 года назад

I'm a man of normal BMI and have very little interest in dieting but this was very interesting and entertaining, thank you Giles Yeo!

@cairomick7989 2 года назад

that was fascinating - your students must love you!

@billm3210 2 года назад

Finally someone I can understand with real math and science. Luved this. Wish you could explain a bit more if genetics plays a role and what diets/methods say would reduce high triglycerides if you have say a person with a healthy active lifestyle and diet.

@allanallansson9532 2 года назад

18:57-19:07: No breaking bonds TAKES energy; while forming chemical bonds releases energy. Breaking the carbon bonds TAKES energy, while even more energy is released when carbon-oxygen bonds are formed. The net is a release of energy, but not BECAUSE of breaking bonds. Instead, it is DESPITE breaking some bonds.

@iTradeAIMS 2 года назад

Extremely engaging, informative and fun lecture. I'd love to sit in your class Sir.

@tombruner9634 2 года назад

What an excellent presentation! This is a highly technical topic, but Dr. Yeo makes it accessible to the rest of us. For me the underlying message is that we all have our own story, but the underlying chemistry is common so we should learn how we need to behave rather than mechanically following someone else's process. They may give us a starting point, but check the result and modify as appropriate.

@KWifler 2 года назад

Mental health, emotional health, definitely counts more than calories. Especially in this world of people being unable to form close friendships, and having too high of standards because they watch too many crazy movies. I just proved it the other day. I ate two Costco lasagnas back to back. Didn't gain a pound or a kilogram either. Still under 160 lbs and don't exercise at all. Okay now I am hungry for lasagna...