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The Ben Azadi Show

Gary Taubes "We Have to Change The Way We Eat" | KKP 55

The Ben Azadi Show

Ben Azadi

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Researcher Gary Taubes explains the real cause of obesity, and why the calories in vs calories out advice does not work. Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981). Learn More About Gary Taubes: https://amzn.to/34ACbo3 . You can watch this full lecture by Gary Taubes on the JumpstartMD YouTube channel:  Gary Taubes - The Quality of Calories @ JumpstartMD's Weight of the Nation 2018 Conference   https://youtu.be/Zk9N7ERNtmg   . // R E S O U R C E S   🎓Want to become a keto and fasting pro? Join the BRAND NEW Keto Kamp Academy today: http://bit.ly/2MKEkWW      $39 Bottle of Olive Oil for $1.00 http://www.ketokampoliveoil.com         I'll be speaking at LowCarb USA Boca Raton, Florida January 2020 conference: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/low-carb-events/se-2020/ Use KetoKamp at checkout for $100 off your ticket price.   The Keto Kamp YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/ketokamp   Grab Ben's ebook, The Keto Kickstart Guide: 4 Steps to Burning Fat Instead of Sugar, FREE at www.ketokickstartguide.com    // F O L L O W   B E N A Z A D I ▸ instagram | @thebenazadi | http://bit.ly/2B1NXKW ▸ facebook | /thebenazadi | http://bit.ly/2BVvvW6 ▸ twitter | @thebenazadi http://bit.ly/2USE0so ▸ email | ben@ketokamp.com   This podcast is for information purposes only. Statements and views expressed on this podcast are not medical advice. This podcast including Ben Azadi disclaim responsibility from any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained herein. Opinions of guests are their own, and this podcast does not accept responsibility of statements made by guests. This podcast does not make any representations or warranties about guests qualifications or credibility. Individuals on this podcast may have a direct or non-direct interest in products or services referred to herein. If you think you have a medical problem, consult a licensed physician. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Kito Camp podcast. This week's quote comes from Gary Tobs. We have to change the way we eat. Oh, yeah. Hey Kito Camper, welcome to the Kito Camps. I am your host Ben Azati. You could learn more over at Benazotti.com.

0:33.5

I'm excited to share a legend in the health space,

0:38.0

in the investigative research on health space,

0:41.5

Gary Tops, who is the best-selling author of several books,

0:44.8

which we'll get into later.

0:46.4

On this episode, Gary is going to just demolish that whole myth that the obesity crisis that weight gain is a cause of

0:56.7

eating too much and moving too little. If only it was that simple we talk about

1:02.4

this a lot on the keto can podcast

1:05.3

we get into why calories do matter but they are not important and Gary breaks down better than anybody could break it down.

1:16.0

He really gets into the research.

1:18.0

He talks about a few things on this episode.

1:19.0

He talks about insulin being the driving force of weight gain.

1:22.8

And it's true.

1:24.0

Insulin is the bully of the block.

1:26.3

We only have one fat storage hormone,

1:29.0

insulin, and about eight fat burning hormones that we know of. When insulin is out and about fat burning hormones that we know of.

1:33.0

When insulin is out and about, fat burning hormones are gone.

1:37.0

So look at your fat burning hormones as these children in the playground,

1:41.0

they're hanging around, they're having a good time, all of a sudden, insulin

1:45.1

enters that playground, the bully of the block. These fat-burning hormones they scatter,

1:49.7

and now we are in a fed state, we are storing food energy. It's a survival mechanism that has

1:56.0

been designed within the human body for survival. It's a brilliant process actually if you really

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