The Effect Of Diet On Health 

I’ve gone from about 30 percent body fat to about 20, and I feel sooooo much better. It wasn’t even that hard. Just reduced calories and walked it off, it is simple and I wish the fitness industry would shut up about macros. Great video Lane

Great video Layne. We look forward to having you on the podcast.

I follow a high protein, high carb, high fat, high calorie diet, and I'm still listening to all those podcasts wondering why I am obese

top video based on my personal experience i completely agree with this As long as i hit my set daily requirements, i can eat what i want and still reach my goals easily in the most enjoyable way, whether that be losing, gaining or maintaining

Layne “When you look at the data” Norton

Would love to see a collab with coach Greg. (Greg Doucette) he too has his masters & promotes a high protein, calorie counting approach to dieting. Actually, all of the educated Content creators agree with this approach.

Great stuff Layne, i recommend your fat loss forever book to anyone interested in living a healthy life, but mostly because you managed to drill the idea of adherence into my head... i lost 34kg (which was easy compared to maintaining weight loss) Anyway i love the work you and Holly are doing! Major respect!

I’ve come to realize that my diet needs to be flexible. I’ve been extreme with my food for as long as I can remember. I’m frankly tired of it. So I eat what I want. I don’t over indulge. I eat 95% whole, natural foods and I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time. Food and nutrition are easily my obsession and it’s horrible for my mental health.

As always, so helpful, especially when using Carbon.

Well in the context of weight loss it works like this .. but there are more and less healthy versions of "fat" and "carbs" and food in general. You don't want to eat trans-fats or heavy metals .. so what you eat still matters in the health context regardless if you are on the diet or not.

Among your best Layne, so good i jaust watched it again since 1st time year or so ago

I'll just follow the Anavar/Clembuterol diet.

Shit there's plenty of protein in ice cream! Here we go

Gerat stuff as usual, thanks man

Got blocked by Dr Tro for pointing out the breast cancer study last month 😂 he was really unhappy with the results of the diet and that the health benefits come from weight loss

I just got in an argument with a person who was claiming that the consensus in the field of nutrition is that sugar and carbohydrate lead to poor health outcomes and poor quality health overall and was adamant that I do my research before consuming any carbohydrates or sugar in my diet at all.

Great video, thanks Layne

You’re comparing apples to oranges. Losing weight is perhaps the most important aspect, ( if obese or overweight) in improving lipid profile and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, but if one increases their intake of fiber and decreases saturated fat, at their healthy or particular BMI, their profile improves. Do you disagree with fifty years of cardiovascular research?

Layne “There was a meta analysis” Norton

I thought that isocalorically, trans fats, refined carbs and saturated fats produce the highest rates of AS-CVD, unsaturated fats, whole plants and proteins the lowest...

Can you do a video about Satchin Panda and the "12hr eating window," the idea that we shouldn't eat outside a 12hr span or shorter? Thanks and love your work!

I agree with everything said on the video, but there are particular foods that have some unique benefits. Those will be dark berries, leafy greens, spirulina, fish (clean ones, like rainbow trout or wild salmon), cocoa, tea (if we consider beverages as food)

I don't know if you read these Layne but thank you for all that you do and THANK YOU for Carbon. I finally feel in control of my weight loss.

Love this video! I think it will be a lot of help for a lot of people. Although I have one follow-up question. If I consume sufficient protein, fiber, carbs, and fat for my needs but my diet is lacking in several minerals and vitamins, will that likely have health consequences? Thanks for another great video. Hope to hear from you.

Thank you

Great stuff as always, Layne ✌🏼

I've gone back to higher carb vs higher fat. Body builders had it right all along. The carbs are best for performance. That was the deal breaker for me.

Hi Layne. I’d like to know you’re opinion of Dr. Valter Longo’s assertion in the Netflix program “Down to Earth” that people only need about 0.4g of protein per lb body weight and that groups of long lived people who eat high protein diets don’t exist. Dr. Rhonda Patrick seems to have a more nuanced take on this and he might also if it weren’t crammed into a short segment of a Netflix show. I assume this figure is geared more toward the average person who doesn’t workout much. Thanks!

Obsession with studies misses the point. Do you really need a study to know what no single food will kill you overnight or that real food is health-giving but food like substances are not? The things studies are capable of measuring aren’t the full picture and that’s assuming a study is perfect which of course it never is. Even the things blood tests test for aren’t necessarily determinative of anything. There’s no one diet that’s most healthful in any case and the proof will be your health status in 20yrs not over the term of a ‘study’.

Are there any videos or resources on fried foods?

Layne, what was your opinion on Charles Poliquin’s low carb, high fat lifestyle for fat loss? Thank you.

I think this is slightly misguided advice or at least there needs to be a caveat that you don't need to track micronutrients PROVIDED you get at least 6 servings of fruit and veg a day. Because might simply hit their macros and calories eating Pizzas and think it's okay as long as they stay within those limits.

So you really don't think the balance of fats/carbs, once total calories and protein are accounted for, matter (not just health, but body composition)? I'm not questioning you, I'm asking if I'm hearing you correctly. What about in a meal setting? Does the whole "eating carbs with fats" matter, in the grand scheme of things (again, considering calories first, then protein content)?

I don't diet. I calorie budget to lose fat. This allows me to occasionally eat absolute garbage (in moderation lol) and still lose weight. My blood pressure was in the stage 1 pre-hypertension range before I changed my diet. I'm now in normal range BP and 15% bodyfat, and still getting leaner

What meta analysis he is talking?

Have you got the data for diet adherence and long term effectiveness of diets? I always hear that over 90% of diets fail, but that seems to be a 1950's look at diets. Could you look at diet, effectiveness and adherence if there are any modern studies available?

I don't understand the fiber thing. Could you do a video on why fiber is so important?

Is a low carb diet of 100grams a day considered low carb?

Layne, You knew what will be great? Do video alike this but for excercises, what the best for health. What about muscle mass, how bf%, how much cardio etc.

So there you have it folks! As long as you eat within your calorie budget you can eat ENTIRELY sugar every single day! Just pure sugar and chocolate and cakes and shit food! Noooo don’t worry about any health problems or anything just eat shit within your budget!! ........fucking hell.

F**k Sake! How will I be able to sell my Raspberry Ketones with this information!?!?

Excellent take away message yet again . Compliance is the science 💯👊

Soluble fiber is totally underrated! I agree with the data based on my personal experience- female hormones and all! 🙂

foods are fuel, and reflecting personal, cultural, social affiliation ...in my opinion, obsessed with certain restrictive diet is a symptom of mental health melt down.

Layne have you done any reviews of the epidemiological study of 42 European countries which found carbohydrates are strongly correlated with CVD risk and saturated fats are not? I believe it's by Pavel Grasgruber et al.

What if weight loss/gain is not an issue - I.e you stay roughly under 15% body fat

Love your videos!!

Layne, you've brought up weight regain statistics before, that they're extremely abysmal. I was wondering how often those statistics change. In other words, maybe weight regain happens earlier and more frequently in Western society now because of the industrial and cultural shifts around food and technology. Whereas, in prior decades, obesity was less prevalent due to various societal factors: less abundance, better overall diet, no smartphones / extreme technology dependence, etc. I'm hoping an intentional cultural shift can happen which can bring better balance back to society, but I'm not sure that genie can be put back in its bottle, so to speak.

Thank you, makes perfect sense!

Zealotism? You mean zealotry?

What do you feel is the biggest nutritional factor with regards to health among people who maintain a healthy weight? My father had a stent put in a few years back but has maintained the same weight (about 160-165lbs) for his entire adult life.

How about the influence of proportion of carbs/fats on testosterone? Guys, any research You would suggest to look at ?

Absolutely fantastic video. Nobody but Greg Doucette talks about this.

For those of us who are muscular and not obese, fat or have to lose weight, this video was not helpful because all the studies you site were on people that were overweight.

I disagree i think what you eat matters a lot in terms of long term health. For example people in a remote part of Italy where they still live off the land, 300 of them out of 2000 residents that live there are over 100 yrs old! they didnt put it down to genetics solely but what they ate, i think many even drank a lot of wine and smoked but what they ate counter acted it if you will and many are overweight. They said they had very low rate of alzheimers and cancers there. Also the Tsimane people have the healthiest arteries in the world eating a mainly natural high carb diet, again our modern western diseases were pretty much unheard of there. I think there's more to health than just a diet that allows you to be thin! There's loads of unhealthy slim people with all types of health issues down to what they eat or what they don't eat enough of.

Right when I needed it haha 🙃

This is ridiculous you are dodging the issue. It is very possible to be deficient in micronutrients whilst hitting a good macronutrient ratio out of the park: "got my protein in, got a healthy deficit going" yet there's no minerals, vitamins etc. There's your health risk and you talk about this on the joe rogan show when you were there with that friend of yours, the army(?)neurologist who is big on keto? You said people with a lower metabolism (hello dieters) need to be careful with their cheatmeals and snacks because they have less leeway when it comes to "crappy food", or something to that extend. The slower your metabolism, the more nutrient dense the food should be to get the bare minimum in and most food that comes in a package (nothing against that) is usually a whole lot of energy and doesn't have a lot of nutritional value. I actually don't know if it is most foods but let's pretend for a wee bit that nutrient density is reserved for wholefoods. This is why (claim supported by anecdotal evidence alone coming up) why all these fruitarians in the public eye are close to death after five years because they are deficient in almost everything, despite their wholefood diet. I do not believe that is due to a protein deficiency alone. I think it's mainly because they don't understand bio-availability and get their maths wrong. Which is ridiculous when you consider how much effort they put into it in order to prove the validity of their diet to themselves. So, the slower your metabolism, the less leeway you have eating crappy foods. Your words and I wholeheartedly agree. And that begs the question because one of the claims of the low carb camp is that it is superior to a high carb diet where nutrient density is concerned, meaning that you can definitely say one is superior over the other ones you get to a certain level of maintenance calories. I have no idea if any of this claim from the lowcarb camp is true (anecdotal evidence seems to support it) nor do I know where this calorie threshold is where the choice between low or high carb becomes serious. Maybe it's a 1000 calories which renders the whole point moot. Maybe it's 2000 calories which makes it pretty important because it's not open for debate that nutrient deficiencies are detrimental to your health.

The weight regain stats are pretty bleak sadly.

could you clarify, so if protein and fibre are at a good amount, you could theoretically eat all sugar for the carbs/fat portion?

I guess the same thing would be true for maintenance or a small surplus (in like body recomposition)?

Nobody wants to hear that buddy, they want to hear their diet is the best. You know, because they KNOW it's the best for everyone because they lost weight using it...

Much love

I wonder is there meta analysis of diets of people with longevity (>100 years old) I've seen articles on them but its usually more interview form, usually of those in Italy and Japan. These seniors are pretty much all slim and active, but if there isn't actually anything else, wonder if that means that after a certain threshold it's all down to genetics.

So...you're saying that if you eat 2 servings of pop tarts (740 cals: 18 fat, 6 sat fat 140 carbs) that's just as "healthy" and good for your body as 740 calories worth (same carbs and fat) of a salad with fruit and some olive oil/avocado? Maybe for weight loss since the calories are equal, but there's no way that the poptarts benefit your "Health" as much as the salad. Just an off-the-head, quick example.

protein & ice cream

But Layne tracking calories is too hard, peeps need that mystic special restrictive diet to lose weight.

dude, visit /r/antidiet , it will trigger you so much haha

I can stick to a low cal candy diet.

Love it !!! So true !!! Diets are as bad as politics 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Adherence equals weight loss? That's just crazy talk. It's all about Ayds diet candy.

Getting a little silver around the temples. You must be getting wise!

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