The Weight Loss Scientist: You've Been LIED To About Calories, Dieting & Losing Weight: Giles Yeo

IF YOU COULD DO US A MASSIVE FAVOUR AND LIKE the video 👍🏽 By doing that, you’re helping us out more than you know 🙏🏽 thank you

You know he's a real one when he answers with a lot of "it depends." This world doesn't need any more oversimplified and twisted truth. It needs more of these who are willing to explain the nuances AND the ones that are willing to listen.

As an ''all or nothing'' kinda person, who struggles to find balance in anything, I find that fasting is the best diet for me. If I try starting the day with a large breakfast? Then I've opened the door to overeating before the end of the day, and increase my chances of craving sugar or binging. Fasting, to me anyways, is just a much easier way to control my caloric intakes.

Don't try to lose weight; try to become healthy through the foods you eat. Weight loss will happen as a consequence! Exercise will help push you into weight loss, as you maintain healthy eating.

When you eat depends a lot on the individual and your own particular lifestyle. Im 70 and retired. My day is my own. I find the best time for me to have my one meal of the day is around 3:30/4:00 which most working people cant do. I have a small snack with my morning coffee of a couple of bits of toast then nothing till 3:30/4:00. For me this prevents any indigestion or acid reflux that bothered me when I ate late at 7:30. Quality videos like from actual science based academics rather than air headed influencers are so important. Having the facts to enable informed decisions to be made is crucial. Im finding watching these videos is making a positive difference about how I live my life in what's its final stage. Never stop learning never stop keeping going.

I am 100% agree with Dr Yeo. The quality of food matters. I looked at what people in the "Blue Zone" areas eat for ideas. Liked recipes from mediterranean countries. Ate more veg, oily fish, pulses, seeds and fermented food. Didn't restrict. I lost 50kg over a year. I walked, did yoga and weight training to get fitter. I changed how I viewed food. Didn't beat myself up if I had a slice of cake. Because my weight loss was not linear. I focused on what food made me feel better. What is sustainable for me. What people need to realise is how personalised weight loss and getting healthier is. There is no 1 solution. You have to make the effort to find out what works for you.

Great interview!! My advice as a 64 year old woman. Do not ever slow down. All my life I was at a great weight. I had a job that was very physically taxing. I looked great untill I hit about 55. I was able to retire early and made the biggest mistake of my life. After being on my feet for so many years I decided to sit down in front of a computer for a year and do nothing. HUGE mistake. While sitting in front of computer I was snacking. Next thing I knew I was over weight and could hardly move. My doctor asked me what on earth happened to me? He told me then, that one of the worst things anyone could ever do is retire. He said more people have heart attacks the first year after retirement. So here I am now, very over weight. Take my advice. Never stop moving. If you must retire, find something to replace that activity with.

Dr Giles is so personable and down to earth. And I love how he breaks down all the science but doesn’t make absolutes. I hear a lot of “it depends” vs “do this only” or “calories in, calories out”

I could listen to this guy all day. I'm 100 pounds into my weight loss journey with another 50 or so to go. It's been a huge learning experience and really coming to understand what a calorie is and whether it matters more than another choice has been such a huge part of it. It's really not enough to just reduce the portions. I started feeling notably better and getting better tests when I focused on eating the right things, rather than just less of the things I liked. Fiber especially is such an underappreciated nuance in dietary needs. This is food for the mind.

Key Take aways: 16% of daily diet should contain proteins 30% Fiber 5% allowed for added sugars (not tied-up to fiber, e.g maple syrup, agave nectar) - Limit as much as you can. Exercise helps Maintain weightloss but not directly lead to weightloss. It is still important especially if protein intake is high (due to nitrogen build-up from protein metabolism injuring the kidneys). Don't overdo a specific diet or force it to someone because it can lead to Eating disorder. Fruit Juices are BAD as they are pure sugar and absorbed in the gut quickly, as opposed to eating fruits which triggers the whole process of digestion (chewing, swallowing, digesting and absorbing and so on). It's basically drinking high amount of Liquid sugar. FAT becomes dangerous when they start to leak out of the 'fat pockets' and reach the parts of the body where they're not supposed to be such as muscles and liver. His goal is to spread awareness about the importance of affordable healthy foods in curing obesity. He will not cancel Chocolates if he becomes a PM 😂

As someone who has suffered from disordered eating for over 10 years, I really appreciate the approach that was taken in discussing it in a non judgmental and educational way. I found this very helpful.

Such a captivating interview. Absolutely new topic for me .. I left this interview more aware , educated & encouraged to live healthier & well self controlled life .

I love this guy...I could listen to him 24 hours...and he is the reason I stopped fasting...but kept eating healty.

He is such a well-spoken, educated, sympathetic and inspirational guy. Just listening to him put a big smile on my face.

I love how excited he gets when you talk about the diets you have or are trying. He clearly loves what he does.

This the probably the sincerest way I have seen for asking a subscription for a YouTube channel. You got a new subscriber sir, 2.5 minutes in. Good job! Keep 'em podcasts coming.

I’ve never heard of Dr. Yeo, but what a delightful guest. An honest and realistic conversation! Thank you

Dr Giles Yeo is not only extremely eloquent, wise, but he's a riot and mood to listen to. What a wonderful guest!

Hahah “genetics of the puffer fish was not going to pay my mortgage.” As an academic, I can totally relate 😂

Interviews like this make me want to be better student, to learn more and practice being better at life. So much knowledge.