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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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Is There a Calorie Model of Obesity?

I've been in this industry for 23 years. And the point of this podcast, my very transparent reason for having this show is to help you get into the best shape of your life. When I got started over two decades ago, I didn't believe in calories,. I believed in what's called the carbohydrate insulin model of obesity. What does that mean? Carbs raise your blood sugar. Insulin gets released by your body to lower that blood sugar and where insulin puts that blood sugar is in your fat and it stores the carbs as fat. So therefore, carbs make you fat. If that was the case, then there's no point in tracking calories because what you really need to do

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