And what I ended up learning was that the carbohydrate insulin model was wrong.

If you eat too many calories from fat, even if you keep our carbohydrates low, you can

still develop diabetes because diabetes isn't caused by carbs, it's caused by body fat

and also a genetic predisposition, which some of us have, like me.

And so you can get fat by eating too much fat, by eating too many calories specifically.

This isn't about carbs, fat, or even protein, it's about if you overeat calories, you put

on fat.

Welcome to the Legendary Life Podcast, where it's all about taking control of your health,

losing fat, transforming your body, and living the life you deserve with celebrity fitness

trainer and longevity enthusiast Ted Rice.

On today's Ask Ted episode, we're going to answer the question, should you track your

calories?

If you're a regular listener to this show, you've probably heard me mention several times

that not only do I promote that you should try tracking your calories, but I use it personally

and I have my clients do it.

But I want to tell you this, for most of my 23 years in the health and fitness industry,

I didn't track calories.

I didn't even believe in calories as the main mechanism as to that determines whether

you lose weight or gain weight or fat, however you want to think about it.

And today I want to talk to you about why I transitioned to tracking calories and what

I think the pros are of doing it as well as what I think the cons are because I don't

believe that everybody should track their calories.

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