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Ted Talk 170: Should You Track Your Calories? - Ask Ted

Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life

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The Carbohydrate Insulin Model Is Wrong

I had spent tens of thousands of dollars traveling around to seminars and learning from the best in the industry, working one on one with some of the people who at the time were regarded the best. And so I felt like I was in a great position to determine whether I was doing the right things or not. But I was fat. 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 your 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.

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