madman
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Professor Giles Yeo MBE is a Professor of Neuroendocrinology and author of 'Gene Eating' and 'Why Calories Don't Count.' He joins leading men's health specialist Dr Jeff Foster in the Man Alive studio to combat popular myths surrounding weight loss, Ozempic, calorie-counting and fad diets.
In this episode, we'll discuss why most diets fail, why we're in an obesity crisis, why we struggle to lose weight, how far regulation should go in restricting ultra-processed foods, the role of evolution in how humans approach weight loss, how much of weight loss is down to genetics and lifestyle, why calorie counting isn't worth doing, why people lose weight differently, what the best way to approach weight loss is, the benefits of fasting and autophagy, the brain's role in appetite and satiety, the main issues with our modern western diet, the stigma and future of GLP-1 antagonists like Ozempic and Maunjaro, and much more...
Timestamps:
00:00 Why Diets Fail
01:52 Are We In An Obesity Crisis?
03:24 Why We Fail to Lose Weight
06:22 Should We Restrict Chocolate?
08:13 Evolution & Weight Loss
11:40 Weight: Genetics or Lifestyle?
15:14 The Calorie Myth
19:20 The Science of Metabolism
23:01 Issues in the Diet Industry
24:23 Best Way to Approach Weight Loss
27:43 Are There Benefits to Fasting?
32:39 How Appetite Works in the Brain
36:04 The Role of Hormones in Eating
37:47 How Our Brain Knows We’re Full
42:02 Why We Veer From Savoury to Sweet
44:07 The Problem With the Modern Western Diet
45:09 Why Men Develop Middle-Age Bellies
47:52 Why is it Bad to Have Belly Fat?
48:44 GLP-1: Ozempic, Mounjaro & More
51:50 Why Doesn’t the NHS Give All Obese People Ozempic?
54:01 Social Stigmas Around GLP-1s
59:16 Have Failed Politics Caused Obesity?
1:06:01 Future Developments in Obesity Research
1:07:02 One Thing for Men to Start Doing Today
1:07:36 Where to Find Giles
