272: What nutrition science gets wrong about weight loss | Gary Taubes, science journalist

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Gary Taubes: “When you pay attention to what makes a fat cell fat, it's insulin—it just dominates everything.”

Taubes, an award-winning science journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why conventional nutrition advice sometimes doesn't work for weight loss (and what actually does), plus:

*How to evade a sweet tooth*

*Why calorie restriction is a fools errand*

*How a low-carb, high-fat keto diet can help lower insulin levels*

*The truth about keto-friendly sweeteners*

*Exactly what happens to your fat cells during a fast*


Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Also be sure to check out Taubes' new book, The Case For Keto, which you can find at http://garytaubes.com/works/books/the-case-for-keto-2020

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Gary Taubes: “When you pay attention to what makes a fat cell fat, it's insulin—it just dominates everything.”

Taubes, an award-winning science journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why conventional nutrition advice sometimes doesn't work for weight loss (and what actually does), plus:

*How to evade a sweet tooth*

*Why calorie restriction is a fools errand*

*How a low-carb, high-fat keto diet can help lower insulin levels*

*The truth about keto-friendly sweeteners*

*Exactly what happens to your fat cells during a fast*


Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Also be sure to check out Taubes' new book, The Case For Keto, which you can find at http://garytaubes.com/works/books/the-case-for-keto-2020

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2021-01-06 55 min
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