The Truth About Calories And Weight Loss with Dr. Herman Pontzer

The relationship between diet, exercise and weight loss is more complicated than you think. You know that 500 calories you burned on your morning run? Your body doesn’t just credit you that energy for weight loss. In fact, the work of evolutionary anthropologist and globally recognized metabolism expert Herman Pontzer of Duke University suggests that your body will figure out a way to offset those burned calories after your exercise, possibly by decreasing calorie-burning inflammation in the body. Pontzer’s research suggests that while exercise isn’t a great trigger for weight loss, it remains important for all sorts of wellness reasons. In this encore presentation of Pontzer’s conversation with Medcan’s director of weight management, Dr. David Macklin, the Duke associate professor discusses his most recent book, Burn. Also on the agenda: The fascinating metabolisms of Tanzania’s Hadza tribe of hunter gatherers, and what that all means for North Americans and their sedentary lifestyles.