Why Calories Dont Count, Giles Yeo
Why Calories Dont Count, Giles Yeo
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Why Calories Don't Count
How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong

Author: Giles Yeo

Narrator: Giles Yeo

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2021

Synopsis

Calorie information is ubiquitous. On packaged food, restaurant menus, and online recipes, we see authoritative numbers that tell us the calorie count of what we're about to consume. And we treat these numbers as gospel: counting, cutting, intermittently consuming, and, if you believe some “experts” out there, magically making them disappear. We all know, and governments advise, that losing weight is just a matter of burning more calories than we consume. Here's the thing, however, that most people have no idea about: ALL of the calorie counts that you see everywhere today are WRONG. In Why Calories Don't Count, Dr. Giles Yeo, obesity researcher at Cambridge University, challenges the conventional model and demonstrates that all calories are not created equal. He addresses why popular diets succeed, at least in the short term, why they ultimately fail, and what your environment has to do with your bodyweight. Once you understand that calories don't count, you can begin to make different decisions about how you choose to eat, learning what you really need to be counting instead. Practical, science-based, and full of illuminating anecdotes, this is the most entertaining dietary advice you'll ever read.

About Giles Yeo

Giles Yeo, PhD, is a geneticist with over twenty years' experience dedicated to researching obesity and its underlying factors. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and assisted in pioneering research about how the brain controls food intake. His current research focuses on the influence of genetics on our relationship with food. He is based at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit and is the author of Gene Eating, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on June 21, 2021

Why Calories Don't Count is an interesting, insightful and thought-provoking read for anyone wishing to lose weight or understand more about how their body processes the food we consume. What if everything we knew about dieting, healthy eating and calorie counting was wrong? It’s this concept that f......more

Goodreads review by Alanna on March 31, 2023

So calories don’t count. Except they do. And weight loss is largely out of people’s control, given genetic and socioeconomic factors, but we must control our weight because of the burden on the public health system. And you can lose weight just by eating healthy. Fabulously catchy title but nothing......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia on July 21, 2021

This book was the bomb - basically, if you ever wanted to learn about your metabolism and how food actually turns into energy, this is the book for you. The title is trying to be attention grabbing, but in essence the book is about the origin of calories and how they're not representative of energy-......more

Goodreads review by Kate on June 14, 2022

This book had some interesting information, but some parts were also pretty dry. The writing was a bit unfocused and rambling at certain points as well. The author definitely attempted to infuse his own humor in throughout but I still didn't love it. It felt like the culmination of the book didn't r......more

Goodreads review by Monika on February 06, 2023

When I was at Cambridge Medical School Dr Yeo was the most memorable lecturer I had. So much so that he sort of positively influenced my decision to undertake my intercalated Masters in the subject of Genetics (teenagers are easily influenced), just so I might get a chance to see him again. I rememb......more

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