Weight Loss Myths: Doctor Explains Why Everything You Have Been Told About Diet & Exercise is Wrong! | Tim Spector

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 123 minutes

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If you’re tired of feeling trapped in the web of marketing lies from the food industry and misinformation bombarding you every time you scroll on social media, this episode is for you!

Millions of people are basically being tricked and misled into poor “healthy” food choices that make you unhealthy and even more overweight. It’s safe to safe diet and exercise are two of the best ways to have better health and lose weight but even that advice is being tainted by the medical research community, doctors, and companies with monetary agendas.

This episode is going to expose why counting calories doesn’t work and how it totally ignores the complexities of our human bodies and the environments we live in. It’s going to explain why exercise isn’t the best thing for most people to start with that are trying to lose weight. Finally we’re revealing how so-called “healthy” foods are as unhealthy as the fast food you’ve been told to avoid.

Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology, award-winning scientist and author has been published in the world’s top scientific journals. His work has involved finding the link between genetics and disease. Part of that work includes exposing the lies and myths around nutrition, diet, and how to eat for better health.

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0:00.0	Let's talk about Tim Specter, an award-winning scientist and professor of genetics who joined me today to expose the weight loss lies we've been holding on to as truth for way too long.
0:11.1	Tim is the co-founder of Zoe, the weight loss program and nutrition study designed to take all of you, your gut, your diet, blood sugar response, and more into account to help you reach a healthy weight.
0:22.2	Today, Tim is explaining why you don't want to rely on counting calories for weight loss
0:27.3	and or better health. The healthy foods you and millions of Americans are choosing are some of the
0:32.1	worst foods you could possibly choose. In fact, they're making you more unhealthy and even more overweight. Tim takes
0:39.0	it even further and says that exercise is not a great way to lose weight or start a weight loss
0:44.2	journey for most people. So how do you break the trap of not losing weight, making poor choices
0:49.1	you think are healthy, and finally start having more energy and long-term success with sustainable weight loss.
0:55.4	We cover all of that and more in this episode.
0:58.4	And if conversations like this are making a difference in your life, make sure you're following
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1:08.2	It really is the best way to support the podcast so that we can find
1:11.4	other people just like you and help them live healthier lives and become legendary.
1:16.5	I'm Tom Bill You and welcome to Impact Theory.
1:19.1	Tim Specter, welcome to the show. It's great to be here.
1:22.2	I'm excited to have you. So I think if people want to lose weight, the odds are that they are barking up the wrong
1:29.0	tree.
1:29.3	So I want to ask you a few questions to help people understand what matters and what doesn't.
1:34.2	So if somebody's trying to lose weight, do they need to be counting calories?
1:38.6	No.
1:39.2	It's one of the worst things they can do.
1:41.1	Okay.
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