10: Don’t Count Calories & Why Diets Don’t Work

In this episode, Jonathan Bailor, author of The Calorie Myth breaks down the problems with the calorie theory of weight loss. Jonathan covers topics like why eating less or exercising more won’t ever truly solve a weight problem, how stress affects weight and clears up confusion with the often-misquoted Law of Thermodynamics.Jonathan and I Discuss1:45- The disconnect between technology and science3:00- Why Calories don’t count the way we think they do3:30- Weight isn’t a moral issue. People who weigh more aren’t lazy4:29- The idea of “just eat fewer calories” is akin to telling those with depression to just frown less and smile more6:45- How calories can count, we just don’t need to count them7:15- The “Calorie Myth”7:29- Calories in/calories out and why it doesn’t work7:44- The role of the hypothalamus10:55- The four laws of thermodynamics and why it isn’t as simple as eating less and burning more11:31- Why most interpretations of the laws of thermodynamics are completely wrong12:31- the problems with eating less13:46- Why you’ll lose muscle and fat if you just eat less14:16- How calories are different15:00- The four factors of quality food: satiety, Agression, Nutrition, Efficiency15:48- Foods that the more you eat, the healthier you get16:05- Foods to avoid16:38- How foods manipulate hormones17:13- How to get your brain to tell your body to do something19:44- How hormones signal the body to build muscle or gain fat18:55- Why exercise alone won’t help you lose weight19:45- Where “exercise” comes from21:15- One step to be healthierResources MentionedBook: The Calorie MythWebsite: SaneSolution.comArticle: Wellness Mama on CaloriesThanks as always for listening to the Wellness Mama Podcast. If you are enjoying the show, please leave a rating and review on iTunes or Stitcher. It helps my podcast to show up for those searching for health and wellness podcasts.Read TranscriptKatie: Hi, I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com. Welcome to episode 10 of the “Wellness Mama Podcast,” where I provide simple answers for healthier families. An interesting fact for your day, a 2010 study published in the “International Journal of Food Microbiology” found that 48% of fountain soda drinks contained fecal bacteria and 11% contained E. coli, just another on a long list of reasons to avoid drinking soda. On the o