Bite Back with Abbey Sharp The Great Calorie Counting LIE- How Legal Loopholes, App Errors & Your Microbiome are Messing with Your Weight Loss
Here’s an overview of what you can expect in today’s episode:
- 00:34 - Intro
- 02:31 - Calorie Need Calculations Really Kinda Suck
- 05:37 - Calorie Labels On Foods and Apps Are Notoriously Inaccurate
- 07:58 - Our Gut Microbiome Impacts The Calories We Get From Food
- 12:24 - We Just SUCK At Estimating Our Intake and Needs
- 14:49 - Risks for Disordered Eating
- 17:32 - Tips for Navigating Calorie Counting that ACTUALLY Work
References:
- Indirect Calorimetry in Clinical Practice
- Ability of the Harris Benedict formula to predict energy requirements differs with weight history and ethnicity
- Validation of several established equations for resting metabolic rate in obese and nonobese people
- A cellular level approach to predicting resting energy expenditure: Evaluation of applicability in adolescents
- Nutrition labeling of food
- Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing
- Effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome in 7,738 participants of the Dutch Microbiome Project
- Roles of gut microbiota and metabolites in overweight and obesity of children
- Review article: dietary fibre-microbiota interactions
- Host-diet-gut microbiome interactions influence human energy balance: a randomized clinical trial
- The portion size effect: Women demonstrate an awareness of eating more than intended when served larger than normal portions
- Calorie counting and fitness tracking technology: Associations with eating disorder symptomatology
- My Fitness Pal Calorie Tracker Usage in the Eating Disorders
- The Effect of Adherence to Dietary Tracking on Weight Loss: Using HLM to Model Weight Loss over Time
- Tracking food leads to losing pounds
- Reducing Calorie Intake May Not Help You Lose Body Weight
Disclaimer: The content in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is never a substitute for medical advice. If you’re struggling with your mental or physical health, please work one on one with a health care provider.
If you have heard yourself in our discussion today, and are looking for support, contact the free NEDIC helpline at 1-866-NEDIC-20 or go to eatingdisorderhope.com.
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