CrossFit vs. marathon running? Yoga vs. pilates? Does the fitness world always have to be a battleground, or is there a middle ground that everyone can agree on?

Dr. Layne Norton is a former powerlifting champion and professional bodybuilder. He is the founder of Biolayne LLC and the co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach.

In this conversation Layne and Steven discuss topics such as, the truth about calories, sugar addiction, growing muscle three times faster, and why people can’t lose weight.

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Studies mentioned in the episode:

Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6230287_Obesity_Risk_for_Female_Victims_of_Childhood_Sexual_Abuse_A_Prospective_Study

Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32048787/

Creatine for the Treatment of Depression:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769464/

Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1454084/

Non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water after a 52-week weight management programme: a randomised controlled trial:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3

Short-term consumption of sucralose with, but not without, carbohydrate impairs neural and metabolic sensitivity to sugar in human:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763407000589

The NutriNet-Santé Study

https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335644

Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13302165/

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Thyroid:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281535/

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