2% With Michael Easter No, Michael Phelps didn't eat 12,000 calories a day
During the 2008 Olympics, many outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post reported that Michael Phelps was eating 12,000 calories a day.
The problem: It wasn’t true.
But it highlights one of the largest problems in nutrition, which is that we suck at knowing how much we ate.
Today we’re providing a solution. We’ll cover:
* The science of how incorrect we are when we estimate what and how much we ate.
* Who is most likely to be most wrong in their eating estimates.
* The three reasons we tend to get food estimates wrong.
* Why knowing your intake matters.
* A skill you can use to know what you really ate.
* How to use the information so you can lose weight, gain it, maintain your current weight, or fuel a workout.
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