Deconstructing Energy Balance: Beyond Calories In Vs. Calories Out

The Nutrition Science Podcast

Dr. Adrian Chavez

Science, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 633 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss a topic that is a source of endless confusion for many people: Energy Balance. Properly fueling ourselves with the right amount of energy is an important aspect of health and well-being. So, in this podcast episode we are going to: Define energy balance Discuss the various components that contribute to energy balance Explore why proper energy intake is important for health and well-being Describe what it means to be at an "ideal" body fat level Explain some of t...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nutrition Science Podcast, where we help you cut through the noise and make informed science-based decisions about nutrition and your health.
0:11.1	How's it going on, everyone?
0:12.6	Welcome to another episode of the Nutrition Science Podcast.
0:16.2	I am your host, Dr. Adrian Chavez.
0:18.9	And in this episode, we are going to be discussing energy balance.
0:22.8	So when I sat down to put together notes for this episode, I realized that this topic is
0:28.5	just far too complicated to fully address on a podcast episode.
0:35.1	So what I'm going to do is go over as much as I possibly can in the time frame that I have
0:42.2	available.
0:43.1	I don't want to make this more than like 45 minutes.
0:45.3	It may be a little bit longer than that.
0:46.9	But I'm going to try to pack as much information as I can into this time frame.
0:52.1	And I'm also going to link additional resources. So for those of you who may
0:57.5	want to go deeper, you may want to learn more, may need help with application. At the end of the
1:02.6	episode, I'll give you guys some different resources that you can use to help go deeper on this
1:09.0	topic. And then also, for those of you who are listening to the
1:13.5	podcast and you're not aware, I publish a blog post along with each of these episodes. And the blog
1:20.4	post is going to give a little bit more information on various things as well, along with provide
1:26.5	many citations to scientific research.
1:29.7	And if you want to dig deeper into the actual science of the topic, you can go to the blog
1:35.7	post and look into those studies.
1:38.9	But I'm not going to dig too deep into comparing studies and things like that because it would
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