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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1420: Counting Calories Makes You Fat With Max Lugavere

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with good friend Max Lugavere about why counting calories may actually be making you fat.

  • Don’t put Max in a corner! (2:50)
  • Why the public health crisis will not be solved by math and spreadsheets. (6:00)
  • The importance of learning good habits and behaviors first. (10:34)
  • Why you don’t want to rely on your will power to reach your ultimate body composition. (12:20)
  • Are you metabolically obese? (18:14)
  • How much do micronutrients play into obesity? (21:00)
  • What’s the deal with sugar? (22:06)
  • What are the best satiety macronutrients? (22:37)
  • The theory why you eat more when you are sleep deprived. (25:00)
  • Why you must remove “I CAN’T” from your vocabulary. (26:55)
  • Eat more protein! (30:15)
  • The differences, nutrient wise, between grass-fed versus grain-fed meat/conventional versus pasture-raised eggs & MORE. (32:16)
  • The value of novelty. (37:26)
  • The benefits of the Mediterranean diet. (39:05)
  • What makes the oil unhealthy? (42:25)
  • The order of operations of getting back on a healthy eating track. (48:38)
  • Why low-carb trumps low fat. (54:13)
  • The skinny on time of day eating. (57:44)
  • Max’s go-to processed foods. (59:54)
  • Max’s staple meals. (1:01:55)
  • Support Max by buying his books! (1:04:11)

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0:49.5

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0:55.5

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0:58.5

Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer and Justin Andrews.

1:02.5

You are listening to Mind Pump the World's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

1:07.5

In this episode we talk to one of our favorite guests the author of the genius foods book and the genius life.

1:14.5

Max Lugavir he's actually the host of the podcast the genius life podcast now in this episode we talk about why counting calories and even counting macros can make you fat.

1:25.5

So we know you're going to love this episode we cover a lot of topics if you're somebody who's struggling with fat loss or your health your

1:34.5

counting calories can count counting macros not working for you or you're thinking about doing those things you will not want to miss this

1:41.5

episode with max Lugavir by the way i've been a regular guest on his podcast i'm going to be getting on there again soon make sure you go

1:49.5

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2:42.5

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