There are a few comments on here that is quite worrying. Gary Taubes is NOT recommending that you eat cheeseburgers or fast food. Animal fat and protein from meat should come from fresh sources NOT processed junk.
lol i eat fast food when i dont have time to cook (which is a lot of the time) and i exercise daily. ive lost 30 lbs in 4 months. i went from 25% to 14% body fat.
hey i gotta question. my mom is hypertensive and pre diabetic. ok i know low carb diet works on normal people, the question is, would my mom's body be able to keep working cz of the ketosis that occurs with low carb .... i'd highly appreciate your help
This is what I find objectinable with these pundits!!!
WHEN ARE THEY ALL GOING TO REALIZE THAT THEY CAN'T POSSESS THE MONOPOLY OF THE TRUTH ON ANY MATTER? I hear this guy say that exercise does not help loose weight. It is never ne size fits all, It is never only one appraoch for complex problems. It is always a combinatin of several things.
You might on a diet and loose weight but exercise will allow you to maintain the weight loss.
@AFROTHINKER lol, exercise makes you lose weight if you are out there like micheal phelps working out 8hrs a day. diet is the onlything that makes you lose weight, not exercise, in the real world.
AFROTHINKER, it doesn't work that way. You haven't read his book and you're just guessing.
You have 2,000 to 3,000 calories of glycogen. To lose weight on a high carb diet, you have to use up all that glycogen first, and that's 20 to 30 miles of running. You can't run 20 miles every day!
On a high fat diet, hmm, I don't know yet. I only started reading his book.
I enjoyed your book immensely. It fitted my condition - I've lost 20lbs since I gave up carbohydrates. Now I want to see a French edition because my caridologue ought to read it to free him from his slavish devotion to statins.
Check out Big Fat Fake by Michael Fumento who mentions drs,scientists who were embarrassed & misquoted by Taubes as well as stats from US depts that our caloric intake is much higher now than in 1970. Check out Carb sane.com who goes over the details nice & easy
looks at how bodybuilders get ready for a competition. they get lean about 12 weeks before the judging. they pack on the muscle off season right n have strict diet during the 12 weeks to get lean lean lean. bodybuilders lifestyle is proof calorie intake makes a difference. n what u eat too. junk food ok on rare occasion to keep u sane. eating boring is hard. eat junk meal once a week is ok. and have a super strict healthy diet the other 6 days a week. study a bodybuilers diet!!
We're fat because we are addicted to high sodium high sugar, junk food. When you eat processed shit your body craves more and more, and you cant stop eating. Why you think food companys put so much salt, sugar and chemicals in their food? So they have a nation of super fat consumers who are addicted to their shit. I dumped junk and processed food 100% and ate 100% natural and lost 100 pounds and kept it off. Try it buddy you'll be amazed how much fat you drop. Junk food is for losers believe it.
@VicFranklyn That is exactly right.. right on the spot. I was in the same boat. I did the same thing as you... fat vanished. Simple as that. Now, you need sodium, and you need carbohydrates, but you also NEED to take them from right sources.
@smoothMousePad I know its amazing what healthy food can do for you isn't it? And when I was accustomed to real nutritional food, I tried a bite of my friends potatoe chips, and they made my lips and tongue burn with the sodium content.
@VicFranklyn That's right... It takes a while to regain your taste and smell senses. When that happens, processed food then really tastes like poison.
@VicFranklyn It's actually not that simple. You should read the book. Glad you lost weight. I lost 30lbs cutting out grains and fruit and eating loads of meat, vegies and fat.
I lost 120+ lbs. How? I ate healthy food, ate more often, and exercised regular with cardio and weights. No pills, no special diet like low-carb. Just eating like I have a brain and moving my butt.
So, let me get this right. Exercise doesn't work because it makes you hungry. This is the most ridiculous statement I've heard. It is not that cut and dry.
It scares me that people will listen to this guy....
It's not strange at all. Taubes isn't anti-exercise, he just makes the point that people overestimate the amount of calories that exercise burns. Even the most intense exercise burns no more than one or two hundred calories an hour....which is about the size of a soda. And it DOES make you hungry, haven't you ever heard of the term "working up a sweat"?
@Trinity61 A study that was done discovered that the 100 or 200 calories burned that 1 hr revs up your metabolism where u burn more calories when u sit & do nothing,& within a day or two that reved up metabolism could cause a burning of an x tra 300-400 calories(all because of the previous excercise. America grew up in the 50s 60s & 70s with cokes,toast,cereal,hamburger buns,moms made aplle pies---no obesity.Kids played & moved around(excercise)adults worked more manual jobs(excercise).Nowforget
@sumbarine Yes they did. Of course the pie hand much less added sugar (almost none in my grandma's recipe) and was made with lard rather than shortening. Also, in the 50's you got to go for a burger out once or twice a month, not everyday. Also, coke was made with sugar and not HFCS and actually had 25% less sugar in the 50's when compared to today. But WHAT ABOUT RED WINE? LOL Are you just sitting and trolling every page that recommends any dietary fat? Do we have a phobia?
@MichaelnChristine I^d figure you use that word Trolling because A)I bring up valid points & b)You just proved my point. There is sugar(& plenty of it) that was used & no one was barely obese. I drink alcohol,but if your promoting a Paleo diet because man didn^t eat grains or bread back then why is he drinking alcohol ? Coffee with cream?----these aren^t natural foods.Taubes doesn^t mention ASP(Acylation stimulating protein),this drives fat into the fat cells without insulin or carbs present
@sumrine I'm not sure how many time I can say the evolutionary perspective is a STARTING point, not a final point. We start with the foods that we've been eating the longest and then remove the neolithic adding them back 1 by 1 to see what we react to. That isn't dogmatic, it's logical. I can't eat wheat without getting really messed up, I can't eat rice for the same reason. I do great on potato, sweet potato and oats aren't bad. Why does this make you feel like you can attack me? It's N=1
@sumbarine PS - You are a troll because you've been on 5-6 other videos and you are attacking people, not because you care about whether I llive or die but because you HATE people who wan't to eat less than 300g of carb per day. Why do you care? I came here to watch a video, you came to attack people which makes you a TROLL.
@MichaelnChristine This is America buddy,not communist russia,Nazi germany or Talibamn Afghanistan,one is allowed to freely speak his mind with due respect.Expressing different views is not attacking. When a individual like Sisson claims we can^t eat grains because the paleo people didn^t then in his daily diet uses vinegar foe salad,drinks alcohol & has cream + table sugar w coffee,you gotta expose the hypocritical rubbish. If whatever u eat helps u fine.
@sumbarine You didn't read any of the paleo stuff. Taubes didn't say "can't", nor does Wolf, Scisson, or anyone else. Once again you are ignoring the facts. They say "As a starting point we look at evolution". No one says can't. Wolf talks about eating out 2x a week with friends. Kresser eats rice regularly. Scisson likes some wine. It's the 90/10 rule. Most of your diet should be clean and healthy but pick your vices...like Pasta or whatever. that isn't hypocritical, it's moderate.
@MichaelnChristine Sisson straight from the horses mouth---avoid all grains because they have only been cultivated the last 10,000yrs.Grains w fibre,B vitamins,niacin that most people don^t have issue with.Yet booze,coffee,table sugat is not avoided.Taubes holds a donut as a evil carb & a apple as a lesser evil carb.He states that its OK to eat Bacon everday but refuses to have more than 6 blueberries a day.That^s why Taubes looks 10 yrs older than he does.
@xyrxes1 Which statement u talking about ? God telling Moses to load up with grains before the flood ? 80-90 year old Ukrainians living largely on grains ? A recent study from Canada saying the potato(not deep fried fries)helps w weight loss cause its filling,has fibre,important vitamins ? Jimmy livin la vida low carb admitting weight gain despite avoiding a lot of carbs.Paleo man scientifically living till 30-35. I eat plenty of meat,healthy fats & carbs.Balance is the key & excercise.
@sumbarine you still pointed toward no study. Post the link to the clinical studies you're mentioning for your argument to be valid. Where's this canadian study? you've said Taubes looks 10 years older than he is as if that's a proven point. Post a link to the CLINICAL NOT OBSERVATIONAL study showing Taubes diet prematurely ages you. If you can't do that then shut up because you're straw arguments arn't backed by anything and are totally meaningless
@xyrxes1 The Canadian study was in the Saturday Toronto Sun,find the website & look it up.This Taubes does look 10 yrs older,fruits & veggies have many anti ageing properties that^s why my mother who is 71 gets mistaken for 51.As far as straw arguments go,just read Taubes books where he cherry picks & leaves out important info in his sources like Acylation Stimulating Protein.ASP is a hormone that shoves fat into fat cells without a insulin spike or carbs being present.
@sumbarine Antime there is a debate, if some asshole states a defying view and the counter arguer says "prove it where are you getting your information from, then that said asshole says "Oh it was in some random paper go find it yourself" You can be rest assured you still come out looking like an asshole because you are. A truly ignorant troll. The burden of proof is on you because you're presenting an argument with no facts. YOU go look it up and post it. I'm not phishing for potential bullshit
@xyrxes1 Goofballs he said excercise is useless for weight loss in other articles & interviews.I already gave u some sources for u to look up but being a lazy goof(as most low carbers are) u have to look into it yourself.Get off your fat ass & punch in that article byMichael Fumento Big Fat Fake.The list of drs/scientists claiming how he misquoted them is astounding.Your such a dick pretending this data doesn^t exist
@xyrxes1 According to USDA data food consumption between 1909 & 2000 at around 3,100.It took a dramitic increase in the 80s according to same source.According to US data in 1909 31 % were farmers & over half pop lived in rural areas(hence manual work-Killing calories etc)Now you have 33.6 in management26.7 sales & office,9.4 in construction,.7 in farming.Less movement less burning energy.Now get off your toilet seat & wipe your own ass instead of someone else doing it for u & research.Lazyboy
@sumbarine once again u fail to show the study you're arguing for. This has nothing to do with laziness on my part but yours. It's obvious you're repeating information you heard and do not know the study which it represents, which in turn makes it meaningless. You can spout numbers all day and it'll still make your argument irrelevant. If you cannot come up with a link to the clinical studies you're speaking of, then we have nothing more to discuss. Truly piss poor effort on your behalf.
@xyrxes1 He claims excercise does not involve losing weight,but in 1918 Harrison Benedict discovered in research that when u do cardio,it kicks your metabolism into overdrive in the after effect so even when the excercise activity stops & your at rest u burn calories like crazy.This is the after effect of excercise & its effects.Asshole Taubes states it doesn^t contribute to weight loss.He blaims carbs but in 50s,60s,70s sugary cereals,cokes,fries were common,no obesity.People were more active
@sumbarine He did not say exercise does not involve losing weight your ears must be plugged or your brain must be way to ignorant to shut off it's bias. He said it doesn't help and elaborated on a high carb/sugar diet exercise is insignificant for weight loss. Furthermore you once again stated some new random study with no link. Last time it was A Canadian study, this time Benedict. Post a link to the god damn CLINICAL study otherwise your words are meaningless you ignorant troll
@MichaelnChristine OK neanderthal,living in the 51st state---Canada. Canada or YOUTUBE.com is not Nazi Germany,Communist Russia or Taliban Afghanistan. I don^t buy the Paleo mantra(& I love meat). It seems that Paleo freaks are empty.Joe Frale wrote a Paleo diet for athletes but on his eating list drank Coca-Cola after a workout so depleted Glucose could be filled & eats Chocolate cookies sometimes.These guys state Grain is unhealthy even though natural,not from paleo era booze,coffee,cream isOK
But whats the deal with colon cancer? I read the book "Why We Get Fat" and Gary of course advocates eggs, bacon and sausage for breakfast, Hambuger for lunch and steak for dinner all wit a lot of green veggies and leafy greens.
However he does not address the colon cancer issue. If red meat and or the consumption of animal products does not cause colon cancer, what does?
haha bytomGirl, thats an amazing comment! This man is an esteemed author/researcher and his hypothesis has much evidence to back it up. All you skeptics out there, DYOR, please.
it's obvious that this guy is a total idiot. calories in vs out doesn't work, sport is bad, carbs can kill you.....he has absolutely nothing to back it up.
Interesting observations. It's great that Mr. Taubes is challenging the "official" view of nutrition and weight loss, and some of his interpretations are likely to be correct. But the body and its structures are highly complex; and it's unlikely that the verdict is in on the issue.
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This guy is a joke. He forms an opinion and cherry picks data to support his position, writes an article or book and makes money. Research, does Texas A&M ring a bell. Exercise makes you hungry??!!
Exercise is good for overall general health and well being...maybe not weight loss. I prefer the Mark Sisson approach to exercise. Moving around at a slow pace (walking, hiking, climbing), some heavy lifting once or twice a week, occasional sprinting, NO chronic cardio, play and have fun, and most workouts should be less than 30 minutes. It works towards and general level of fitness and lean muscle mass which is key to ideal health, ideal movement, and injury and sickness prevention.
well if u put it that way, it makes perfect sense. i just dont think that GT covers all the bases adequately. Besides, this conversation started about exercise, not whether or not a low carb approach works for losing weight. i was only pointing out that exercise should never be addressed lightly or made to look gratuitous. it is way too important in terms of general health and overall well being for that, which is why we want to lose weight in the 1st place!
@cemararealty Well i never said "starve yourself". I was only pointing out that if your mindset is right, you won't look at your desire to eat the same way, because my experience in the weight loss business tells me that most overeating is either habitual or emotional. I myself dont go hungry either, because I eat 6 times a day, make wise choices and utilize portion control. i believe the strength of character you are referring to relates more to my exercise regime than my diet..
@cemararealty that sounds really interesting. ill have to take a look at that. i do disagree with you about exercise not helping with weight loss, because you still do burn more calories by being active than by sitting around, regardless of what weight loss program youre on. And like i mentioned b4, if you are in the mindset of getting lean and healthy, then going a bit more hungry from time to time won't matter to you, and you will most likely not compensate for the exercise by overeating.
@cemararealty well different things work for different people. i can only tell you that by exercising 6 days a week, and utilizing portion control and wise choices in general, rather than focusing on low carbs per se, i have the body of a 30 year old and im 54. and if i just left it up to genetics, i might weigh the same, but my shape would be that of a 54 year old with skinny arms and legs and a 35 inch waist. so i cant say enough about exercise, especially resistance training.
You can disagree with Gary's ideas and his dismissive attitude regarding prevailing theories of obesity and diabetes but he does know bad science when he sees it. Pointing out the holes in commonly held or shaped beliefs is a positive step towards finding a solution ( In a very Owen Wilson-like way ).
@cemararealty yes, but he doesnt even mention how building lean
muscle increases your resting metabolic rate, and again, DID HE EVER HAVE A WEIGHT ISSUE?? only a person with personal experience as an ex fat person knows that most of permanent weight control is 90% mindset. i haven't met 1 person on a low carb diet, who has been able to do that for life!
i agree that the low carb approach works in the short run. but how well does it work in the long run, and how low can we actually go and for how long before we start seriously craving carbs again?
It would help his case if he was a doctor. I'm not saying he needs to be a dr. to know to lose weight, but it would help his argument for obvious reasons. He's very extreme in saying that exercise doesn't help lose weight. Look at the world's top marathon runners, competitive cyclists, the best football (soccer) players in the world...they are all lean. Why? Because they exercise! Don't listen to everything he says. The reason he is on TV is because he says exercise doesn't help lose weight.
@runmiguelrun But I can almost guarantee the world's top athletes weren't former fat people. That kind of athlete has never experienced the task of extreme weight loss.
I'm not really saying he's speaking gospel, but there is a lot to his claims. I've lost more weight cutting carbs and sitting on my ass than working my ass off.
I've been an avid runner for most of my adult life & everything Gary said in the video is true. The science behind what he's saying is basically biology 101 & anyone who understands glycolysis, gluconeogeneis, fructose metabolism, etc will agree.
Like he mentions, exercise will instinctively lead to healthier eating habits & life choices, so it does help you lose weight but indirectly. New joggers do see results fast b/c of water loss, but I know plenty of veteran chubby 5k runners
I have had a different experience with exercise and weight loss. I find exercise not only provides an alternative way of spending time besides sitting on the couch and eating, but also tempers my appetite for carbs and sweets. I don't eat more when I exercise more. Moreover, exercise increases insulin sensitivity (lowering glucose and reducing diabetes risk) and decreases blood pressure among other health benefits. Taubes doesn't give exercise its due.
@Dylvente i couldnt agree with you more. i read a book several years ago about what people had in common, who had been able to maintain a weight loss for at least 5 years. the one thing that virtually all of them had in common was EXERCISE!
This works!! I cut way down on carbs, stopped eating cookies and sweets, basically 25-100 grams of good carbs per day, depending on if I eat some fruit or not. Now I eat good fats and proteinI only exercise a couple times a week for 20 minutes each doing basically the Primal Blueprint exercises. Went from 214 on April 1st down to 195 as of April 27th. 19 pounds ain't in less than a month, considering I've lost fat and gained some muscle, not to mention my skin complexion has improved! Go Gary!!
@howdoiknowifimfat It's not hard at all. Down to 189 today (goal weight for my height 6' and muscle build) and never felt better. It's about eating real foods instead of crap in a box or wrapper. Weston A. Price foundation is also a great place to get advice on nutrition. We need a good amount of fat in our diets, not to mention protein. High carb diets fail, vegan diets fail, vegetarian diets fail. Funny the new diet plan put out the government is still calling for low fat!!!
I think he's right about exercise making us hungry and wanting to eat more to make up the calorie void, so it's pointless in that perspective. But I don't think he's saying we shouldn't exercise, we need to exercise to stay healthy, he's just saying it doesn't really help for losing weight because it makes you eat to make up for the calories burned.
@blackdog2k6 LOL. well if you are on a weight loss program, then you are already aware that there are times you might go hungry, so that would be a moot point. the benefits of exercise overall far outweigh the disadvantages hands down. i really am critical of his cavalier attitude about exercise. btw has HE ever had a weight problem??
I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
@SuperLazaro12 Studies have shown that people who work out don't have as many problems. What Taubes knows though is that you can sit on your ass all day and lose weight on a low carb, high fat/protein diet. I only work out 3 times a week, weight training with dumb bells, and I sprint and walk on my treadmill. I only do it about 45 min total overall and I'm not even that tired when I'm finished. I have sat around on his type of diet for 2 weeks straight and I lost weight easily.
I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
I've been eating this way for more than a year. Lost 40 pounds in 6 months. Have kept steady at my ideal weight for 60 months, with no effort or notable sacrifice. Previously, I ate "low-fat," and gained the 40 pounds and couldn't get them off for 8 years.
Everyone who keeps screaming "Exercise doesn't help weight loss???" is missing the point. If you are considering a direct relationship, then no it wouldn't because unless you also restrict calories with the exercise the organism will eat more to counteract the exercise. however indirectly exercise does increase the efficiency of mitochondria and muscle use of insulin which make the body better at using fuel so you can use less fuel for the same functions. But that is not a direct relationship.
@Sobanski87 yes, good jewish man who does not have a weight problem, only well educated on science. thats like me not knowing how to cook, and reading 30 cookbooks and then telling everyone how to cook, based on what i read. you have to spend years cooking and actually doing it in order to really teach people how to cook. well did he spend decades dieting and losing weight or did he just do a lot of research and then suddenly decide he is now the expert?
@howdoiknowifimfat To answer your question I would say the latter. I have practiced high fat and protein diet with low carb and I am leaner and this is without any change in energy expenditure. Antrhopology, evolutionary history and the work of Weston Price, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and so on leads me to believe Gary is on the right track.
All of these guys tries to make their approach as the way to lose weight but the simple truth is eat the right food, the right amount and work-out to maintain muscle mass and to keep the heart healthy our bodies will thank us now and later on in life. Using the scale, measuring tape and writing down notes sure helps too! What got us fat was physical work was engineered out for most folks, sitting down too much and easy access to fast/processed food keeps increasing in the past 50 years.
Exercise doesn't help weight loss? Exercise raises insulin sensitivity. Exercise changes the type of fuel we use in conditions of caloric deficit. If you lift heavy while loosing weight, you will keep more muscle while loosing weight. Or alternatively if you pack on muscles you'll rise your BMR. Of course exercise helps, just not aerobic exercise, but good ol' fashioned resistance training.
Then he tries to make the correlation that ever since people started exercising and going to gyms that the obesity rate skyrocketed. Did he ever stop to think that maybe, the obesity rate came first? Fast food became more popular, access to more tv programming, video games, the internet, and all of the modern conveniences led people to get fat. Now, gyms are popular as well because people realize they got fat and want to get un-fat. Gyms didn't cause people to become fat. It's the other way.
Correlation is not causation. Correlation just means it happened at the same time. He didn't claim that exercise caused obesity, he said that it was a coincidence that people were told to exercise more at the same time that obesity started increasing. That obesity was a known problem and the solution as Exercise was recommended to deal with obesity. the irony of the correlation is that despite exercise increasing, obesity did not decrease but rather increased despite it.
This guy doesn't make sense. He said that exercising as part of your daily life is "new" to the West. What the hell? Actually, sitting around on your ass all day is what is actually "new". Of the thousands of years humans have been around, sitting around doing nothing is new. People used to hunt and farm and do all kinds of things that were physical in nature. They never had tv's or computers or anything like that. They went out and did things. Exercise has always been a part of life until now.
You're saying the same thing as Taubes. Exercise for the sake of jumping up & down in the same place for 30min for no other reason but to become tired IS NEW. People did not consider farming all day to be 'exercise", it's just work. Farmers & Hunters didn't cme home, then did jumping jacks. If exercise was done, it was to improve ability to hunt or farm better. It's because we have become sedentary that exercise for the sake of exercise has become a new phenomenon. See,You agree.
A clever mix of salesmanship and pseudoscience. Don't fall for the tricks, people have been losing weight for years with simple changes in diet and regular exercise, there are no cheats and there are no cure alls. This guy is just trying to make a buck off of other people's misfortune and desperation like all snake oil salesmen.
excerise is so important not just for weightloss but for are general health, not to say u have to be on the treadmill 2hrs a day but just being active playing a sport,walking,bike riding etc...u cant sit on ur ass all day and expect to be healthy
and as far as his manual labor idea that those r the fatest ppl
my brother was a labor and lost so much weight and he ate a normal amount of calories and the fat ones were eating bad...so his facts are wrong based on lack of personal experience
I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
I have done all the research, Thank you Gary Taubes
I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
Dr. Atkins actually did get his message out, but it sputtered out as a fad. He then passed away. He made himself millions promoting the diet. Low carb diets do work well for weight loss and weight control. I myself have been eating more carbs lately and have noticed some slight gain. For me the best way to correct a gain due to poor diet is going on a low carb routine. I find the paleo low carb routine to be among the best, paleo differs from Atkins in that fat consumption is more restrained.
High carb low fat diets with regular exercise also do work well but in general are difficult to stick to in a modern fast paced society. Low carb is a lot easier to follow for many. Also the issue is the type of carb you are ingesting. The type of carbs most Westerners consume (white flour, sugar, corn syrup, etc) are not good quality.
That is the key thing, if you are not going to stick to it, you will fail.
I had a 1500 calorie intake yesterday, high carb low fat, wound up gaining a pound and a half on the scale. A few days before I consumed 2000 calories of high fat and proteins and lost 1.5 pounds.
@Gabbo2010 What you're describing are fluctuations in weight caused by water loss/accumulation - it's nothing special. Carbohydrate (or more precisely: glycogen) binds water in the body, so when you switch to low-carb you'll lose a lot of water weight swiftly, and when you switch back to high or even moderate carb then you'll gain some of that water weight back. It has nothing to do with fat loss or gain.
I have done low carb for a month and dropped nearly 20 pounds, if you are telling me its all water weight you must be kidding, Water weight fluctuates over a day or two but over a longer period, the low carb diet works well for weight loss. I have also done HCG combined with a low carb maintenance plan and it has worked out spectacularly well. I have lost over 50 pounds, all body fat doing this.
@Gabbo2010 Please read your previous post again - you talked about gaining/losing 1.5 pounds over the course of a couple of days, and that was what I was responding to.
I'm not contesting that you can drop a lot of weight following a low-carb diet - I did it myself this year (lost over 40 pounds). What I would contest is that low-carb is the end-all be-all of diets.
Ok, yes water metabolism does have a slight effect on weight in the short run but I find that following a low carb diet, while not the only option is a fairly easy strategy for weight loss. Dr. Ornish advocates a high "good" carb and low fat regimen but its very hard to implement this in the real world where high fat fast food abounds. Following a low carb routine is extremely easy in comparison. I actually lost most of my excess weight through the HCG diet not throw low carb.
Please watch the video I have on my account on Gary Taubes and his fraudulent science. He wrote the book for money and ignored accepted and contradictory evidence while using outdated science and misrepresenting studies.
He's also immature, as you can tell from the email he sent to the scientific researcher whose been ripping his false claims apart.
I eat a paleolithic diet, so I do not have an agenda here.
@reddupo ok i have to respond. ive read GCBC and ive read the blog and email u posted here. i too eat a "paleolithic" diet and have no hidden agenda. ive looked at the research that carb sane asylum cites and though it is from SOME credible journals.. the experiments are often weak and are too misrepresentations. bottom line you have to learn physiology of the body and until you have spent years in school studying the extreme amount of science you cant trust anyone.
Gary is not stating exercise has no benefit. Only that exercise is not need to loose weight!!!!! And some people can actually gain weight with exercise, especially vigorous exercise because of the effect on appetite, and ( I'll add) cortisol!
In one minute Gary Taubes goes from saying exercise having no benefit, which i agree with, to saying that he can imagine that exercise "has an important role" He needs to stick with his theory and not cave in. I hate when people start to compromise their radical and well researched and supported views and start backtracking and embracing the dominant paradigm.
If anyone is interested in the Exercise theory of weight loss you might want to buy a used version of Dr. (Cardiologist) Henry A Solomon's 1984 book called The Exercise Myth. Very politically incorrect observations. Go to Alibris or Amazon to buy a copy between 2 and 10 dollars (US)
Atkins couldnt get his message out in large part due to his werid salesman approach. This guy uses the same science, but his approach is far easier to stomach.
It's the truth, BTW. I lost 30 lbs in 3 months this way.
@daffodyllady Congrats on your weightloss! I really want to try a low carb approach but I can't bring myself to eat meat all day long. Do you think a vegetarian could follow this diet? Does he mention vegetarian options anywhere in his book?
@toxicKt He does mention that his Wife is vegetarian and follows a lower carbohydrate diet, not for weight loss but to avoid health problems associated with high carb consumption and weight gain. He joked that she claimes her 20# weight loss was just a coincidence and not related to eating lower carb/GI foods.
You Don't have to eat meat "All Day Long" In fact Many people eat only a little more meat than they did on SAD. Eat more fat and more lower carb/GI vegetables
@Metqa hmmm i need to lose about 20-30lbs...maybe if i did a lot of eggs that might help with the hunger pains. I've lost a ton of weight on a high carb, raw vgan diet but i was hungry ALL the time. I just tend to not consume large amounts of meat because of the high level of toxins in them. I love eggs though and can usually find them organic and local. Thanks for the suggestions!
@toxicKt Hello, I'm a high carb, raw vgan. We're you eating high fruit?(u should've) Were you eating nuts, avocado?(you shouldn't - fat blocks carbs from getting to the muscles and brain, so the body continues the hunger signal).
@toxicKt If you read his book it explains why you were hungry all of the time. Basically the carbs are keeping your insulin high and insulin keeps your fat cells from releasing fat, so now your cells are starving and signaling your brain to eat. Once you drop your carbs your body can normally release its stored fat in between eating. I have to remember to eat at times because I will go 8 to 9 hours without feeling hungry at all.
@Gary1111001 You have no idea what you are talking about lol. Bananas spike insulin levels by raising blood sugar. Don't talk shit unless you have tried out his science. I was exercising 5 days a week for a year, in weight training and cardio and I lost 6 lbs. On his type of diet without exercise I lost 30 lbs. All of these silly ass nutritionists and fad diets are high in carbs and therefore a crock of shit. I want to get things done not exercise my life away because my diet is shit.
@Warpath2198 I've spend 20 years studying diet, nutrition and health(so when u say idk what I'm talkin bout .....ummm, that'd be you) - Bananas ONLY spike insulin when fat is blocking the carbs from leaving the blood stream, and so the pancreas CONTINUES as long as the fat "sticks" around.
I'm not saying Gary's wrong. I'm saying the prob is carbs WITH fat. NOT carbs.
I guess you didn't want to see vibrantly alive (and awake) people that'd prove you wrong.
@Gary1111001 Do i believe the random person on youtube, debating, without sources, OR, the accomplished journalist/writer with a harvard degree in applied physics? Sorry.
@nimfenzwanner I'll go with the random people(plural; thousands) with the real life experience(= proof) than a corrupt person profiting by manipulating peoples' already confused state of mind.
And I'll go with trusting in nature(which makes carbs easily accessible, and keeps fat from us with a hard shell or 4 legs that want to get away).
My diet is 3% fat. 8 grams. Same as the average ape. Apes are not on an unhealthy diet. They're eating by nature's design. And we're all doing great
Sorry, i think you are constructing a too simplistic story around nature. Coconuts have a hard shell. Are carrots slightly healthier because you can eat them more directly than peanuts? You don't have to wash a peanut before you eat it! Dirt grinds your teeth, ah right, nature meant for you to die at the ripe age of 35..so it doesn't matter. Seriously, there are too many variables.
Also, eating cauliflower won't make you smarter because of it's shape ;)
@kickdim Interesting that you say that because I'm often told by low-carbers that a problem with fruit is that fructoce goes to the liver and is converted into fat. Since there such disagreement, I'd say the truth is in the middle: the body will make fat from carbs when it needs to; just as it will make carbs from fat.
And fruit and veg are 3-10% fat. That seems to be enough since some people eat this way with no bad effects.
@Warpath2198 if u do resistance exercise and build lean muscle tissue, you will increase your resting metabolic rate. i am 54 years old 5'8" and exercise 6 days a week and can maintain my weight of 160 lbs on 2500 calories a day. i used to be fat, so this is NOT genetics. its because of the exercise and the wise choices i make most of the time.
I couldn't imagine being interviewed by this moron, he cuts you off at every other sentence...
TheFlexEffect 1 month ago
There are a few comments on here that is quite worrying. Gary Taubes is NOT recommending that you eat cheeseburgers or fast food. Animal fat and protein from meat should come from fresh sources NOT processed junk.
trekfoam 1 month ago 4
lol i eat fast food when i dont have time to cook (which is a lot of the time) and i exercise daily. ive lost 30 lbs in 4 months. i went from 25% to 14% body fat.
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dildatota 2 months ago in playlist For your health (in English)
This is what I find objectinable with these pundits!!!
WHEN ARE THEY ALL GOING TO REALIZE THAT THEY CAN'T POSSESS THE MONOPOLY OF THE TRUTH ON ANY MATTER? I hear this guy say that exercise does not help loose weight. It is never ne size fits all, It is never only one appraoch for complex problems. It is always a combinatin of several things.
You might on a diet and loose weight but exercise will allow you to maintain the weight loss.
AFROTHINKER 2 months ago
@AFROTHINKER lol, exercise makes you lose weight if you are out there like micheal phelps working out 8hrs a day. diet is the onlything that makes you lose weight, not exercise, in the real world.
furenaef 2 months ago in playlist Diet
@AFROTHINKER Exercise is the least effective way to lose weight - but the most effective way to make you hungry!
matthk 1 month ago
AFROTHINKER, it doesn't work that way. You haven't read his book and you're just guessing.
You have 2,000 to 3,000 calories of glycogen. To lose weight on a high carb diet, you have to use up all that glycogen first, and that's 20 to 30 miles of running. You can't run 20 miles every day!
On a high fat diet, hmm, I don't know yet. I only started reading his book.
Good luck to you!
AppleSouffle1 1 month ago
I enjoyed your book immensely. It fitted my condition - I've lost 20lbs since I gave up carbohydrates. Now I want to see a French edition because my caridologue ought to read it to free him from his slavish devotion to statins.
cha55am 3 months ago
Check out Big Fat Fake by Michael Fumento who mentions drs,scientists who were embarrassed & misquoted by Taubes as well as stats from US depts that our caloric intake is much higher now than in 1970. Check out Carb sane.com who goes over the details nice & easy
sumbarine 3 months ago
looks at how bodybuilders get ready for a competition. they get lean about 12 weeks before the judging. they pack on the muscle off season right n have strict diet during the 12 weeks to get lean lean lean. bodybuilders lifestyle is proof calorie intake makes a difference. n what u eat too. junk food ok on rare occasion to keep u sane. eating boring is hard. eat junk meal once a week is ok. and have a super strict healthy diet the other 6 days a week. study a bodybuilers diet!!
misterneckbreaker88 4 months ago
We're fat because we are addicted to high sodium high sugar, junk food. When you eat processed shit your body craves more and more, and you cant stop eating. Why you think food companys put so much salt, sugar and chemicals in their food? So they have a nation of super fat consumers who are addicted to their shit. I dumped junk and processed food 100% and ate 100% natural and lost 100 pounds and kept it off. Try it buddy you'll be amazed how much fat you drop. Junk food is for losers believe it.
VicFranklyn 5 months ago
@VicFranklyn That is exactly right.. right on the spot. I was in the same boat. I did the same thing as you... fat vanished. Simple as that. Now, you need sodium, and you need carbohydrates, but you also NEED to take them from right sources.
smoothMousePad 4 months ago
@smoothMousePad I know its amazing what healthy food can do for you isn't it? And when I was accustomed to real nutritional food, I tried a bite of my friends potatoe chips, and they made my lips and tongue burn with the sodium content.
VicFranklyn 4 months ago
@VicFranklyn That's right... It takes a while to regain your taste and smell senses. When that happens, processed food then really tastes like poison.
smoothMousePad 4 months ago
@VicFranklyn It's actually not that simple. You should read the book. Glad you lost weight. I lost 30lbs cutting out grains and fruit and eating loads of meat, vegies and fat.
matthk 1 month ago
@VicFranklyn
"Junk food is for losers believe it."
Not really, otherwise you would lose a lot of lbs on junk food :)
junk3903 1 month ago
I'm in Starbucks right now and it's full of fatties. Fat fat fat fat asses everywhere.... Nauseating!
Jitpring 5 months ago
I lost 120+ lbs. How? I ate healthy food, ate more often, and exercised regular with cardio and weights. No pills, no special diet like low-carb. Just eating like I have a brain and moving my butt.
dcp3450 5 months ago
@dcp3450 Bingo! I have been maintaining 40 lbs weight loss doing exactly what you did.
junk3903 1 month ago
So, let me get this right. Exercise doesn't work because it makes you hungry. This is the most ridiculous statement I've heard. It is not that cut and dry.
It scares me that people will listen to this guy....
TabulaRasaFit 5 months ago
@TabulaRasaFit
It's not strange at all. Taubes isn't anti-exercise, he just makes the point that people overestimate the amount of calories that exercise burns. Even the most intense exercise burns no more than one or two hundred calories an hour....which is about the size of a soda. And it DOES make you hungry, haven't you ever heard of the term "working up a sweat"?
Trinity61 5 months ago
@Trinity61 A study that was done discovered that the 100 or 200 calories burned that 1 hr revs up your metabolism where u burn more calories when u sit & do nothing,& within a day or two that reved up metabolism could cause a burning of an x tra 300-400 calories(all because of the previous excercise. America grew up in the 50s 60s & 70s with cokes,toast,cereal,hamburger buns,moms made aplle pies---no obesity.Kids played & moved around(excercise)adults worked more manual jobs(excercise).Nowforget
sumbarine 4 months ago
@sumbarine Yes they did. Of course the pie hand much less added sugar (almost none in my grandma's recipe) and was made with lard rather than shortening. Also, in the 50's you got to go for a burger out once or twice a month, not everyday. Also, coke was made with sugar and not HFCS and actually had 25% less sugar in the 50's when compared to today. But WHAT ABOUT RED WINE? LOL Are you just sitting and trolling every page that recommends any dietary fat? Do we have a phobia?
MichaelnChristine 4 months ago
@MichaelnChristine I^d figure you use that word Trolling because A)I bring up valid points & b)You just proved my point. There is sugar(& plenty of it) that was used & no one was barely obese. I drink alcohol,but if your promoting a Paleo diet because man didn^t eat grains or bread back then why is he drinking alcohol ? Coffee with cream?----these aren^t natural foods.Taubes doesn^t mention ASP(Acylation stimulating protein),this drives fat into the fat cells without insulin or carbs present
sumbarine 4 months ago
@sumrine I'm not sure how many time I can say the evolutionary perspective is a STARTING point, not a final point. We start with the foods that we've been eating the longest and then remove the neolithic adding them back 1 by 1 to see what we react to. That isn't dogmatic, it's logical. I can't eat wheat without getting really messed up, I can't eat rice for the same reason. I do great on potato, sweet potato and oats aren't bad. Why does this make you feel like you can attack me? It's N=1
MichaelnChristine 4 months ago
@sumbarine PS - You are a troll because you've been on 5-6 other videos and you are attacking people, not because you care about whether I llive or die but because you HATE people who wan't to eat less than 300g of carb per day. Why do you care? I came here to watch a video, you came to attack people which makes you a TROLL.
MichaelnChristine 4 months ago
@MichaelnChristine This is America buddy,not communist russia,Nazi germany or Talibamn Afghanistan,one is allowed to freely speak his mind with due respect.Expressing different views is not attacking. When a individual like Sisson claims we can^t eat grains because the paleo people didn^t then in his daily diet uses vinegar foe salad,drinks alcohol & has cream + table sugar w coffee,you gotta expose the hypocritical rubbish. If whatever u eat helps u fine.
sumbarine 4 months ago
@sumbarine You didn't read any of the paleo stuff. Taubes didn't say "can't", nor does Wolf, Scisson, or anyone else. Once again you are ignoring the facts. They say "As a starting point we look at evolution". No one says can't. Wolf talks about eating out 2x a week with friends. Kresser eats rice regularly. Scisson likes some wine. It's the 90/10 rule. Most of your diet should be clean and healthy but pick your vices...like Pasta or whatever. that isn't hypocritical, it's moderate.
MichaelnChristine 4 months ago
@MichaelnChristine Sisson straight from the horses mouth---avoid all grains because they have only been cultivated the last 10,000yrs.Grains w fibre,B vitamins,niacin that most people don^t have issue with.Yet booze,coffee,table sugat is not avoided.Taubes holds a donut as a evil carb & a apple as a lesser evil carb.He states that its OK to eat Bacon everday but refuses to have more than 6 blueberries a day.That^s why Taubes looks 10 yrs older than he does.
sumbarine 4 months ago
@sumbarine show the clinical study proving your statement otherwise it's bs speculation and ignorant
xyrxes1 3 months ago
@xyrxes1 Which statement u talking about ? God telling Moses to load up with grains before the flood ? 80-90 year old Ukrainians living largely on grains ? A recent study from Canada saying the potato(not deep fried fries)helps w weight loss cause its filling,has fibre,important vitamins ? Jimmy livin la vida low carb admitting weight gain despite avoiding a lot of carbs.Paleo man scientifically living till 30-35. I eat plenty of meat,healthy fats & carbs.Balance is the key & excercise.
sumbarine 3 months ago
@sumbarine you still pointed toward no study. Post the link to the clinical studies you're mentioning for your argument to be valid. Where's this canadian study? you've said Taubes looks 10 years older than he is as if that's a proven point. Post a link to the CLINICAL NOT OBSERVATIONAL study showing Taubes diet prematurely ages you. If you can't do that then shut up because you're straw arguments arn't backed by anything and are totally meaningless
xyrxes1 3 months ago
@xyrxes1 The Canadian study was in the Saturday Toronto Sun,find the website & look it up.This Taubes does look 10 yrs older,fruits & veggies have many anti ageing properties that^s why my mother who is 71 gets mistaken for 51.As far as straw arguments go,just read Taubes books where he cherry picks & leaves out important info in his sources like Acylation Stimulating Protein.ASP is a hormone that shoves fat into fat cells without a insulin spike or carbs being present.
sumbarine 3 months ago
@sumbarine Antime there is a debate, if some asshole states a defying view and the counter arguer says "prove it where are you getting your information from, then that said asshole says "Oh it was in some random paper go find it yourself" You can be rest assured you still come out looking like an asshole because you are. A truly ignorant troll. The burden of proof is on you because you're presenting an argument with no facts. YOU go look it up and post it. I'm not phishing for potential bullshit
xyrxes1 3 months ago
@xyrxes1 Goofballs he said excercise is useless for weight loss in other articles & interviews.I already gave u some sources for u to look up but being a lazy goof(as most low carbers are) u have to look into it yourself.Get off your fat ass & punch in that article byMichael Fumento Big Fat Fake.The list of drs/scientists claiming how he misquoted them is astounding.Your such a dick pretending this data doesn^t exist
sumbarine 3 months ago
@xyrxes1 According to USDA data food consumption between 1909 & 2000 at around 3,100.It took a dramitic increase in the 80s according to same source.According to US data in 1909 31 % were farmers & over half pop lived in rural areas(hence manual work-Killing calories etc)Now you have 33.6 in management26.7 sales & office,9.4 in construction,.7 in farming.Less movement less burning energy.Now get off your toilet seat & wipe your own ass instead of someone else doing it for u & research.Lazyboy
sumbarine 3 months ago
@sumbarine once again u fail to show the study you're arguing for. This has nothing to do with laziness on my part but yours. It's obvious you're repeating information you heard and do not know the study which it represents, which in turn makes it meaningless. You can spout numbers all day and it'll still make your argument irrelevant. If you cannot come up with a link to the clinical studies you're speaking of, then we have nothing more to discuss. Truly piss poor effort on your behalf.
xyrxes1 3 months ago
@xyrxes1 He claims excercise does not involve losing weight,but in 1918 Harrison Benedict discovered in research that when u do cardio,it kicks your metabolism into overdrive in the after effect so even when the excercise activity stops & your at rest u burn calories like crazy.This is the after effect of excercise & its effects.Asshole Taubes states it doesn^t contribute to weight loss.He blaims carbs but in 50s,60s,70s sugary cereals,cokes,fries were common,no obesity.People were more active
sumbarine 3 months ago
@sumbarine He did not say exercise does not involve losing weight your ears must be plugged or your brain must be way to ignorant to shut off it's bias. He said it doesn't help and elaborated on a high carb/sugar diet exercise is insignificant for weight loss. Furthermore you once again stated some new random study with no link. Last time it was A Canadian study, this time Benedict. Post a link to the god damn CLINICAL study otherwise your words are meaningless you ignorant troll
xyrxes1 3 months ago
@sumbarine Also - This isn't American dipshit, it's the WORLD WIDE WEB. I sure as hell am not in the USA.
MichaelnChristine 4 months ago
@MichaelnChristine OK neanderthal,living in the 51st state---Canada. Canada or YOUTUBE.com is not Nazi Germany,Communist Russia or Taliban Afghanistan. I don^t buy the Paleo mantra(& I love meat). It seems that Paleo freaks are empty.Joe Frale wrote a Paleo diet for athletes but on his eating list drank Coca-Cola after a workout so depleted Glucose could be filled & eats Chocolate cookies sometimes.These guys state Grain is unhealthy even though natural,not from paleo era booze,coffee,cream isOK
sumbarine 4 months ago
@Trinity61 Yes, exercise does make you hungry, so load up on raw/steamed veggies and fruits. Nobody is asking you to hog cheeseburgers.
Moreover, exercise has so many benefits that just to mention one aspect of it is irresponsible.
junk3903 1 month ago
I wouldn't eat bacon or burgers too often due to sodium. lower sodium meats and fish would be better surely.
Blueyedblondeful 5 months ago
@Blueyedblondeful Why is sodium bad? You realize that it is an essential nutrient?
TerrorBlack 5 months ago
@Blueyedblondeful Incorrect. Try working up a sweat and you'll quickly pass any excess sodium. Also, drink some water to even this out.
BTW, I eat whole eggs, thick bacon and ground beef patties with cheese every. Damn. Day.
I've lost 25 pounds net and increased my muscle mass noticeably.
I'll go check my BP and cholesterol if you'd also like.
Pope2501 5 months ago
But whats the deal with colon cancer? I read the book "Why We Get Fat" and Gary of course advocates eggs, bacon and sausage for breakfast, Hambuger for lunch and steak for dinner all wit a lot of green veggies and leafy greens.
However he does not address the colon cancer issue. If red meat and or the consumption of animal products does not cause colon cancer, what does?
Gary?
Anyone?
Regardless, love the book...
Thanks!
JCMSolutions 5 months ago
@JCMSolutions
ciggies, genetics, booze, obesity, social background, age. lots of factors. a heavy smoker down my road died of colon cancer.
Blueyedblondeful 5 months ago
haha bytomGirl, thats an amazing comment! This man is an esteemed author/researcher and his hypothesis has much evidence to back it up. All you skeptics out there, DYOR, please.
jasperboyschau1 5 months ago
I think his brain stopped working without the supply of carbs ( it does not work on fat). I feel sorry for his kids if he feeds them the same way.
BytomGirl 6 months ago
There are always going to be people who want verification to support their bad habits.
RamFan4u 6 months ago
Along with the lipid hypothesis must go the cardiovascular model of exercise into the dumpster .
Read Body by Science by Doug McGuff M.D.
jimee44 6 months ago
So this is where Owen Wilson was. I loved you in Shanghai Knights, man.
reinkaos82 6 months ago
it's obvious that this guy is a total idiot. calories in vs out doesn't work, sport is bad, carbs can kill you.....he has absolutely nothing to back it up.
sebbbi91 6 months ago
@sebbbi91
Whats the old saying? "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."
That would be you. I think it's pretty obvious, your the idiot.
JCMSolutions 6 months ago
@JCMSolutions and why?
sebbbi91 6 months ago
Thumbs up if you think Gary should get braces
TheMordyS 7 months ago
Thumbs up if you were focused on the painting the whole time
TheMordyS 7 months ago
I love this man. Just wrote a research article on one of his papers
TheMordyS 7 months ago 7
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Interesting observations. It's great that Mr. Taubes is challenging the "official" view of nutrition and weight loss, and some of his interpretations are likely to be correct. But the body and its structures are highly complex; and it's unlikely that the verdict is in on the issue.
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This guy is a joke. He forms an opinion and cherry picks data to support his position, writes an article or book and makes money. Research, does Texas A&M ring a bell. Exercise makes you hungry??!!
sparkyy0007 7 months ago
Exercise is good for overall general health and well being...maybe not weight loss. I prefer the Mark Sisson approach to exercise. Moving around at a slow pace (walking, hiking, climbing), some heavy lifting once or twice a week, occasional sprinting, NO chronic cardio, play and have fun, and most workouts should be less than 30 minutes. It works towards and general level of fitness and lean muscle mass which is key to ideal health, ideal movement, and injury and sickness prevention.
spalmer718 7 months ago
he says so much bs it's rediculous. sport is bad, carbs can kill you....come on!
sebbbi91 7 months ago
@sebbbi91 Wow, you've got a lot to learn.
satchfuji 7 months ago
the interviewer needs to stfu
GreyAutumn 7 months ago
this interviewer needs to shut his uneducated mouth up because he does nothing but detract from the person he is supposedly interviewing.
daberr2 8 months ago
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I just posted the Dr. Oz show where Gary Taubes is a guest, 2 parts, heres the first link /watch?v=GcKVr1dDV0U
ScarofKenshin 8 months ago
Kinda weird that he's pinned against a wall during the whole interview. Makes me uncomfortable lol.
GrieverKai 8 months ago
well if u put it that way, it makes perfect sense. i just dont think that GT covers all the bases adequately. Besides, this conversation started about exercise, not whether or not a low carb approach works for losing weight. i was only pointing out that exercise should never be addressed lightly or made to look gratuitous. it is way too important in terms of general health and overall well being for that, which is why we want to lose weight in the 1st place!
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
@cemararealty Well i never said "starve yourself". I was only pointing out that if your mindset is right, you won't look at your desire to eat the same way, because my experience in the weight loss business tells me that most overeating is either habitual or emotional. I myself dont go hungry either, because I eat 6 times a day, make wise choices and utilize portion control. i believe the strength of character you are referring to relates more to my exercise regime than my diet..
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
@cemararealty that sounds really interesting. ill have to take a look at that. i do disagree with you about exercise not helping with weight loss, because you still do burn more calories by being active than by sitting around, regardless of what weight loss program youre on. And like i mentioned b4, if you are in the mindset of getting lean and healthy, then going a bit more hungry from time to time won't matter to you, and you will most likely not compensate for the exercise by overeating.
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
@cemararealty well different things work for different people. i can only tell you that by exercising 6 days a week, and utilizing portion control and wise choices in general, rather than focusing on low carbs per se, i have the body of a 30 year old and im 54. and if i just left it up to genetics, i might weigh the same, but my shape would be that of a 54 year old with skinny arms and legs and a 35 inch waist. so i cant say enough about exercise, especially resistance training.
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
You can disagree with Gary's ideas and his dismissive attitude regarding prevailing theories of obesity and diabetes but he does know bad science when he sees it. Pointing out the holes in commonly held or shaped beliefs is a positive step towards finding a solution ( In a very Owen Wilson-like way ).
surfmcgoogler 8 months ago
@cemararealty yes, but he doesnt even mention how building lean
muscle increases your resting metabolic rate, and again, DID HE EVER HAVE A WEIGHT ISSUE?? only a person with personal experience as an ex fat person knows that most of permanent weight control is 90% mindset. i haven't met 1 person on a low carb diet, who has been able to do that for life!
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
reminds me of owen wilson :S dont know why
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@Supervlasis nose.
absolutelykinda 4 months ago
i agree that the low carb approach works in the short run. but how well does it work in the long run, and how low can we actually go and for how long before we start seriously craving carbs again?
howdoiknowifimfat 9 months ago
It would help his case if he was a doctor. I'm not saying he needs to be a dr. to know to lose weight, but it would help his argument for obvious reasons. He's very extreme in saying that exercise doesn't help lose weight. Look at the world's top marathon runners, competitive cyclists, the best football (soccer) players in the world...they are all lean. Why? Because they exercise! Don't listen to everything he says. The reason he is on TV is because he says exercise doesn't help lose weight.
runmiguelrun 9 months ago
@runmiguelrun But I can almost guarantee the world's top athletes weren't former fat people. That kind of athlete has never experienced the task of extreme weight loss.
I'm not really saying he's speaking gospel, but there is a lot to his claims. I've lost more weight cutting carbs and sitting on my ass than working my ass off.
MetalTimesInfinity 9 months ago
Exercise Doesn’t Make You Lose Weight?!?! Wow!! Sorry, but can’t put much credibility to anything else he says.
You start jogging and you’ll see MASSIVE results starting in just 2-weeks!!
With proper physical preparation of course!
“We all started to exercise in the 1970s” ??? ALL???? I don’t think so! Those who did lost weight, and those who didn’t, didn’t!!
RBLA818 9 months ago
@RBLA818
I've been an avid runner for most of my adult life & everything Gary said in the video is true. The science behind what he's saying is basically biology 101 & anyone who understands glycolysis, gluconeogeneis, fructose metabolism, etc will agree.
Like he mentions, exercise will instinctively lead to healthier eating habits & life choices, so it does help you lose weight but indirectly. New joggers do see results fast b/c of water loss, but I know plenty of veteran chubby 5k runners
Toxxic88 9 months ago
is he anti exercise? it's good for more than just weight loss
mettabee 9 months ago
I have had a different experience with exercise and weight loss. I find exercise not only provides an alternative way of spending time besides sitting on the couch and eating, but also tempers my appetite for carbs and sweets. I don't eat more when I exercise more. Moreover, exercise increases insulin sensitivity (lowering glucose and reducing diabetes risk) and decreases blood pressure among other health benefits. Taubes doesn't give exercise its due.
Dylvente 9 months ago
@Dylvente i couldnt agree with you more. i read a book several years ago about what people had in common, who had been able to maintain a weight loss for at least 5 years. the one thing that virtually all of them had in common was EXERCISE!
howdoiknowifimfat 9 months ago
This works!! I cut way down on carbs, stopped eating cookies and sweets, basically 25-100 grams of good carbs per day, depending on if I eat some fruit or not. Now I eat good fats and proteinI only exercise a couple times a week for 20 minutes each doing basically the Primal Blueprint exercises. Went from 214 on April 1st down to 195 as of April 27th. 19 pounds ain't in less than a month, considering I've lost fat and gained some muscle, not to mention my skin complexion has improved! Go Gary!!
oldno74 10 months ago
@oldno74 Lets see how well you do in 2-5 years from now! i seriously doubt u can keep this up for the rest of your life. then what?
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
@howdoiknowifimfat It's not hard at all. Down to 189 today (goal weight for my height 6' and muscle build) and never felt better. It's about eating real foods instead of crap in a box or wrapper. Weston A. Price foundation is also a great place to get advice on nutrition. We need a good amount of fat in our diets, not to mention protein. High carb diets fail, vegan diets fail, vegetarian diets fail. Funny the new diet plan put out the government is still calling for low fat!!!
oldno74 8 months ago
I just read "Why We Get Fat". Great collection of info.
My question: Why you would recommend Monsanto-owned aspartame and sucralose? Stevia seems a much better choice.
Most people I know into health and wellness, avoid Nutrisweet and Splenda completely.
Flowarss 10 months ago
I think he's right about exercise making us hungry and wanting to eat more to make up the calorie void, so it's pointless in that perspective. But I don't think he's saying we shouldn't exercise, we need to exercise to stay healthy, he's just saying it doesn't really help for losing weight because it makes you eat to make up for the calories burned.
blackdog2k6 10 months ago
@blackdog2k6 LOL. well if you are on a weight loss program, then you are already aware that there are times you might go hungry, so that would be a moot point. the benefits of exercise overall far outweigh the disadvantages hands down. i really am critical of his cavalier attitude about exercise. btw has HE ever had a weight problem??
howdoiknowifimfat 9 months ago
Science is behind taubes 100% in every area except exercise.
spencerdev91 10 months ago
@spencerdev91 which is a very important part of permanent weight control!
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
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I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
SuperLazaro12 10 months ago
I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
SuperLazaro12 10 months ago
@SuperLazaro12 Studies have shown that people who work out don't have as many problems. What Taubes knows though is that you can sit on your ass all day and lose weight on a low carb, high fat/protein diet. I only work out 3 times a week, weight training with dumb bells, and I sprint and walk on my treadmill. I only do it about 45 min total overall and I'm not even that tired when I'm finished. I have sat around on his type of diet for 2 weeks straight and I lost weight easily.
Warpath2198 10 months ago
I think what he says about exercise is particularly dangerous. Even though pre 1970s people did not make a conscious effort to exercise, they also weren't watching as much television and video games were just catching on. Children played outside more and adults didn't necessarily spend 8 or 9 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
SuperLazaro12 10 months ago
I've been eating this way for more than a year. Lost 40 pounds in 6 months. Have kept steady at my ideal weight for 60 months, with no effort or notable sacrifice. Previously, I ate "low-fat," and gained the 40 pounds and couldn't get them off for 8 years.
Swift2001 11 months ago
Everyone who keeps screaming "Exercise doesn't help weight loss???" is missing the point. If you are considering a direct relationship, then no it wouldn't because unless you also restrict calories with the exercise the organism will eat more to counteract the exercise. however indirectly exercise does increase the efficiency of mitochondria and muscle use of insulin which make the body better at using fuel so you can use less fuel for the same functions. But that is not a direct relationship.
Metqa 1 year ago
Gary Taubes = Good Jewish Man.
Sobanski87 1 year ago
@Sobanski87 yes, good jewish man who does not have a weight problem, only well educated on science. thats like me not knowing how to cook, and reading 30 cookbooks and then telling everyone how to cook, based on what i read. you have to spend years cooking and actually doing it in order to really teach people how to cook. well did he spend decades dieting and losing weight or did he just do a lot of research and then suddenly decide he is now the expert?
howdoiknowifimfat 8 months ago
@howdoiknowifimfat To answer your question I would say the latter. I have practiced high fat and protein diet with low carb and I am leaner and this is without any change in energy expenditure. Antrhopology, evolutionary history and the work of Weston Price, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and so on leads me to believe Gary is on the right track.
Sobanski87 8 months ago
All of these guys tries to make their approach as the way to lose weight but the simple truth is eat the right food, the right amount and work-out to maintain muscle mass and to keep the heart healthy our bodies will thank us now and later on in life. Using the scale, measuring tape and writing down notes sure helps too! What got us fat was physical work was engineered out for most folks, sitting down too much and easy access to fast/processed food keeps increasing in the past 50 years.
767bob 1 year ago
@767bob lol its the diet nothing more. Try it and find out.
Warpath2198 10 months ago
Exercise doesn't help weight loss? Exercise raises insulin sensitivity. Exercise changes the type of fuel we use in conditions of caloric deficit. If you lift heavy while loosing weight, you will keep more muscle while loosing weight. Or alternatively if you pack on muscles you'll rise your BMR. Of course exercise helps, just not aerobic exercise, but good ol' fashioned resistance training.
KalifUmestoKalifa 1 year ago
Then he tries to make the correlation that ever since people started exercising and going to gyms that the obesity rate skyrocketed. Did he ever stop to think that maybe, the obesity rate came first? Fast food became more popular, access to more tv programming, video games, the internet, and all of the modern conveniences led people to get fat. Now, gyms are popular as well because people realize they got fat and want to get un-fat. Gyms didn't cause people to become fat. It's the other way.
Gamezero05 1 year ago
@Gamezero05
Correlation is not causation. Correlation just means it happened at the same time. He didn't claim that exercise caused obesity, he said that it was a coincidence that people were told to exercise more at the same time that obesity started increasing. That obesity was a known problem and the solution as Exercise was recommended to deal with obesity. the irony of the correlation is that despite exercise increasing, obesity did not decrease but rather increased despite it.
Metqa 1 year ago
This guy doesn't make sense. He said that exercising as part of your daily life is "new" to the West. What the hell? Actually, sitting around on your ass all day is what is actually "new". Of the thousands of years humans have been around, sitting around doing nothing is new. People used to hunt and farm and do all kinds of things that were physical in nature. They never had tv's or computers or anything like that. They went out and did things. Exercise has always been a part of life until now.
Gamezero05 1 year ago
@Gamezero05
You're saying the same thing as Taubes. Exercise for the sake of jumping up & down in the same place for 30min for no other reason but to become tired IS NEW. People did not consider farming all day to be 'exercise", it's just work. Farmers & Hunters didn't cme home, then did jumping jacks. If exercise was done, it was to improve ability to hunt or farm better. It's because we have become sedentary that exercise for the sake of exercise has become a new phenomenon. See,You agree.
Metqa 1 year ago
Exercise doesn't help you to lose weight? What is this guy smoking?
Gamezero05 1 year ago
A clever mix of salesmanship and pseudoscience. Don't fall for the tricks, people have been losing weight for years with simple changes in diet and regular exercise, there are no cheats and there are no cure alls. This guy is just trying to make a buck off of other people's misfortune and desperation like all snake oil salesmen.
VoidOnTuesday 1 year ago
he looks like i did before i had a heart attack.
no shit.
bc681527 1 year ago
what is with his weird breathing?
bc681527 1 year ago
excerise is so important not just for weightloss but for are general health, not to say u have to be on the treadmill 2hrs a day but just being active playing a sport,walking,bike riding etc...u cant sit on ur ass all day and expect to be healthy
and as far as his manual labor idea that those r the fatest ppl
my brother was a labor and lost so much weight and he ate a normal amount of calories and the fat ones were eating bad...so his facts are wrong based on lack of personal experience
KATLIN098 1 year ago
I think he just smoked a joint... oh wait, that we me! Thanks for your book and wealth of information Gary.
sanforce 1 year ago
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I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
I have done all the research, Thank you Gary Taubes
Pjohal100 1 year ago
I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
I have done all the research, Thank you Gary
Pjohal100 1 year ago
I read the New York Times article on August 7 2002, on a flight back from Chicago to Calgary. On July 8th I started on Atkins, I dropped 40 Lbs between July 8 and August 11, one day before my birthday. My allergies disappeared, I woke up fully energized on less sleep... Its time to go back on the program.
Pjohal100 1 year ago
Dr. Atkins actually did get his message out, but it sputtered out as a fad. He then passed away. He made himself millions promoting the diet. Low carb diets do work well for weight loss and weight control. I myself have been eating more carbs lately and have noticed some slight gain. For me the best way to correct a gain due to poor diet is going on a low carb routine. I find the paleo low carb routine to be among the best, paleo differs from Atkins in that fat consumption is more restrained.
Gabbo2010 1 year ago
High carb low fat diets with regular exercise also do work well but in general are difficult to stick to in a modern fast paced society. Low carb is a lot easier to follow for many. Also the issue is the type of carb you are ingesting. The type of carbs most Westerners consume (white flour, sugar, corn syrup, etc) are not good quality.
That is the key thing, if you are not going to stick to it, you will fail.
Gabbo2010 1 year ago
I had a 1500 calorie intake yesterday, high carb low fat, wound up gaining a pound and a half on the scale. A few days before I consumed 2000 calories of high fat and proteins and lost 1.5 pounds.
Gabbo2010 1 year ago
@Gabbo2010 What you're describing are fluctuations in weight caused by water loss/accumulation - it's nothing special. Carbohydrate (or more precisely: glycogen) binds water in the body, so when you switch to low-carb you'll lose a lot of water weight swiftly, and when you switch back to high or even moderate carb then you'll gain some of that water weight back. It has nothing to do with fat loss or gain.
MikeEnRegalia 1 year ago
@MikeEnRegalia
I have done low carb for a month and dropped nearly 20 pounds, if you are telling me its all water weight you must be kidding, Water weight fluctuates over a day or two but over a longer period, the low carb diet works well for weight loss. I have also done HCG combined with a low carb maintenance plan and it has worked out spectacularly well. I have lost over 50 pounds, all body fat doing this.
Gabbo2010 1 year ago
@Gabbo2010 Please read your previous post again - you talked about gaining/losing 1.5 pounds over the course of a couple of days, and that was what I was responding to.
I'm not contesting that you can drop a lot of weight following a low-carb diet - I did it myself this year (lost over 40 pounds). What I would contest is that low-carb is the end-all be-all of diets.
MikeEnRegalia 1 year ago
@MikeEnRegalia
Ok, yes water metabolism does have a slight effect on weight in the short run but I find that following a low carb diet, while not the only option is a fairly easy strategy for weight loss. Dr. Ornish advocates a high "good" carb and low fat regimen but its very hard to implement this in the real world where high fat fast food abounds. Following a low carb routine is extremely easy in comparison. I actually lost most of my excess weight through the HCG diet not throw low carb.
Gabbo2010 1 year ago
Please watch the video I have on my account on Gary Taubes and his fraudulent science. He wrote the book for money and ignored accepted and contradictory evidence while using outdated science and misrepresenting studies.
He's also immature, as you can tell from the email he sent to the scientific researcher whose been ripping his false claims apart.
I eat a paleolithic diet, so I do not have an agenda here.
reddupo 1 year ago
@reddupo ok i have to respond. ive read GCBC and ive read the blog and email u posted here. i too eat a "paleolithic" diet and have no hidden agenda. ive looked at the research that carb sane asylum cites and though it is from SOME credible journals.. the experiments are often weak and are too misrepresentations. bottom line you have to learn physiology of the body and until you have spent years in school studying the extreme amount of science you cant trust anyone.
TheSivarts1087 1 year ago
Gary is not stating exercise has no benefit. Only that exercise is not need to loose weight!!!!! And some people can actually gain weight with exercise, especially vigorous exercise because of the effect on appetite, and ( I'll add) cortisol!
sleepinbeauty22 1 year ago 2
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In one minute Gary Taubes goes from saying exercise having no benefit, which i agree with, to saying that he can imagine that exercise "has an important role" He needs to stick with his theory and not cave in. I hate when people start to compromise their radical and well researched and supported views and start backtracking and embracing the dominant paradigm.
bigtiny200 1 year ago
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bigtiny200 1 year ago
If anyone is interested in the Exercise theory of weight loss you might want to buy a used version of Dr. (Cardiologist) Henry A Solomon's 1984 book called The Exercise Myth. Very politically incorrect observations. Go to Alibris or Amazon to buy a copy between 2 and 10 dollars (US)
bigtiny200 1 year ago
Atkins couldnt get his message out in large part due to his werid salesman approach. This guy uses the same science, but his approach is far easier to stomach.
It's the truth, BTW. I lost 30 lbs in 3 months this way.
daffodyllady 1 year ago 28
@daffodyllady Congrats on your weightloss! I really want to try a low carb approach but I can't bring myself to eat meat all day long. Do you think a vegetarian could follow this diet? Does he mention vegetarian options anywhere in his book?
toxicKt 1 year ago
@toxicKt He does mention that his Wife is vegetarian and follows a lower carbohydrate diet, not for weight loss but to avoid health problems associated with high carb consumption and weight gain. He joked that she claimes her 20# weight loss was just a coincidence and not related to eating lower carb/GI foods.
You Don't have to eat meat "All Day Long" In fact Many people eat only a little more meat than they did on SAD. Eat more fat and more lower carb/GI vegetables
Metqa 1 year ago
@Metqa hmmm i need to lose about 20-30lbs...maybe if i did a lot of eggs that might help with the hunger pains. I've lost a ton of weight on a high carb, raw vgan diet but i was hungry ALL the time. I just tend to not consume large amounts of meat because of the high level of toxins in them. I love eggs though and can usually find them organic and local. Thanks for the suggestions!
toxicKt 1 year ago
@toxicKt Hello, I'm a high carb, raw vgan. We're you eating high fruit?(u should've) Were you eating nuts, avocado?(you shouldn't - fat blocks carbs from getting to the muscles and brain, so the body continues the hunger signal).
Gary1111001 10 months ago
@toxicKt If you read his book it explains why you were hungry all of the time. Basically the carbs are keeping your insulin high and insulin keeps your fat cells from releasing fat, so now your cells are starving and signaling your brain to eat. Once you drop your carbs your body can normally release its stored fat in between eating. I have to remember to eat at times because I will go 8 to 9 hours without feeling hungry at all.
Warpath2198 10 months ago
@daffodyllady Absolutely - I almost died from LOW cholesterol - my Endocrine system stopped working!
hadsell1962 9 months ago
@daffodyllady Atkins got richer than hell though, too bad he fell and died.
PicklesReallySuck 7 months ago
I think Gary is awesome but when he says exercise he needs to distinguish between cardioaholics and strength training people.
ss4vegeta1 1 year ago
@ss4vegeta1 I don't think Dr. Taubes is an expert in physical fitness.
manco82 1 year ago
Intelligent, soft spoken guy. He looks young for his age which is probably due to low carb.
canaan1967 1 year ago 36
@canaan1967 Well, he is young, he is only 55 years old
aleterra 1 year ago
@canaan1967 I think your perspective is blurred.
He contradicts himself.
He looks half awake
He sounds half awake
And I just noticed his teeth.
You wanna see vibrantly alive (and awake) people: see the sites foodnsport and 30-bananas-a-day.
Gary1111001 10 months ago
@Gary1111001 You have no idea what you are talking about lol. Bananas spike insulin levels by raising blood sugar. Don't talk shit unless you have tried out his science. I was exercising 5 days a week for a year, in weight training and cardio and I lost 6 lbs. On his type of diet without exercise I lost 30 lbs. All of these silly ass nutritionists and fad diets are high in carbs and therefore a crock of shit. I want to get things done not exercise my life away because my diet is shit.
Warpath2198 10 months ago
@Warpath2198 I've spend 20 years studying diet, nutrition and health(so when u say idk what I'm talkin bout .....ummm, that'd be you) - Bananas ONLY spike insulin when fat is blocking the carbs from leaving the blood stream, and so the pancreas CONTINUES as long as the fat "sticks" around.
I'm not saying Gary's wrong. I'm saying the prob is carbs WITH fat. NOT carbs.
I guess you didn't want to see vibrantly alive (and awake) people that'd prove you wrong.
Gary1111001 10 months ago
@Gary1111001 Do i believe the random person on youtube, debating, without sources, OR, the accomplished journalist/writer with a harvard degree in applied physics? Sorry.
nimfenzwanner 9 months ago
@nimfenzwanner I'll go with the random people(plural; thousands) with the real life experience(= proof) than a corrupt person profiting by manipulating peoples' already confused state of mind.
And I'll go with trusting in nature(which makes carbs easily accessible, and keeps fat from us with a hard shell or 4 legs that want to get away).
My diet is 3% fat. 8 grams. Same as the average ape. Apes are not on an unhealthy diet. They're eating by nature's design. And we're all doing great
Gary1111001 9 months ago
@Gary1111001 ..peer reviewed sources?
Sorry, i think you are constructing a too simplistic story around nature. Coconuts have a hard shell. Are carrots slightly healthier because you can eat them more directly than peanuts? You don't have to wash a peanut before you eat it! Dirt grinds your teeth, ah right, nature meant for you to die at the ripe age of 35..so it doesn't matter. Seriously, there are too many variables.
Also, eating cauliflower won't make you smarter because of it's shape ;)
nimfenzwanner 9 months ago
@Gary1111001 doesnt apes have a different stomach than us? They convert plants to fat while we need to eat fats.
kickdim 8 months ago
@kickdim Interesting that you say that because I'm often told by low-carbers that a problem with fruit is that fructoce goes to the liver and is converted into fat. Since there such disagreement, I'd say the truth is in the middle: the body will make fat from carbs when it needs to; just as it will make carbs from fat.
And fruit and veg are 3-10% fat. That seems to be enough since some people eat this way with no bad effects.
Gary1111001 7 months ago
@Gary1111001 Im pretty sure I found it in this video vimeo com/ 10533993
kickdim 7 months ago
@Warpath2198 if u do resistance exercise and build lean muscle tissue, you will increase your resting metabolic rate. i am 54 years old 5'8" and exercise 6 days a week and can maintain my weight of 160 lbs on 2500 calories a day. i used to be fat, so this is NOT genetics. its because of the exercise and the wise choices i make most of the time.
howdoiknowifimfat 9 months ago
@canaan1967 and a lil botox and face fillers lol
creamncakes 9 months ago
you sound like the doctor from funny people
Pelonetillo 1 year ago
Stop talking over Taubes.
SpeedoJoe 1 year ago
@SpeedoJoe yeah, that fag is getting annoying.
greeniem 1 year ago
Is there a part 2 to this interview?
Mommy0fTwins 1 year ago