The Trouble With Calories

Maintenance Phase

Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

History, Science, Health, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Education

4.8 • 16.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Weight loss is as simple as “calories in, calories out,” right? Or — gasp — could the reply guys be wrong!? This week, we dig in on the surprisingly complex science behind a seemingly simple calculation. Support us: Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreLinks! History of the Calorie in NutritionCaloric Equivalents of Gained or Lost WeightThe Foreign Policy of the CalorieWhy the most popular rule of weight loss is completely wrongTime t...

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0:00.0	I'm gonna say something else.
0:02.0	Wait, what is it a spoiler of?
0:04.0	Okay, I was gonna say, welcome to maintenance phase, the podcast that raises a cubic centimeter
0:28.0	of water by one degree.
0:30.0	Oh, buddy, that's like the first five minutes.
0:32.0	Welcome to maintenance phase, the podcast that recommends 2,000 of it per day.
0:40.0	No, that's so fast.
0:42.0	That was the worst.
0:44.0	Wait, no, I love it, leave it.
0:48.0	That's by far my worst one.
0:50.0	We have not done a me episode in a while and it's finally showing up how rusty you are.
0:56.0	I've never co-hosted this show before.
1:00.0	I'm Aubrey Gordon.
1:02.0	I am Michael Hobbs.
1:04.0	And today, as you may have gathered, I don't know how you would have gathered this.
1:10.0	We're talking about calories.
1:12.0	Before we get to that, if you would like to support the show, you can do that on Patreon or you can buy T-shirts, Mugs,
1:18.0	tote bags, all manner of things at T-Public.
1:20.0	Both of those are linked for you on the show notes.
1:22.0	And today, Michael Hobbs, it is the first of a two-parter.
1:28.0	A calorie dip tick.
1:30.0	So we have gotten a bunch of emails from listeners, particularly listeners in the UK,
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