Why Calories Don't Count

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1. dbcooperAug 2023
   Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong by Giles Yeo

   It's a good, and gentle, introduction to the biochemistry and thermodynamics of digestion, and the history of calorie estimates.

   https://www.amazon.com/Why-Calories-Dont-Count-Science/dp/16...

   Adam Ragusea interviewed him on his YouTube channel.

   https://youtu.be/C-H4KwoKaOc

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2. xweberFeb 2022
   There's this great book 'Why calories don't count' by Dr Giles Yeo. It discusses how the human body processes food and extracts energy from it - and how current calorie labels on food items don't account for this process. Highly recommended.
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3. PoogeJul 2025
   I just think, and so does Dr Giles Yeo—author of Why Calories Don't Count—if you've heard of him, that advising people to eat more healthily would be more productive than telling them to start counting calories. Even if we're talking about losing weight.

   Quoting from his book: "If you focus on health, your weight will take care of itself".

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4. PoogeDec 2024
   Unfortunately I never look at the calories on the label as I only look out for salt and proteins.

   However, you can make the calculations based on the numbers I gave in my other comment - which are taken from Why Calories Don't Count from Dr Giles Yeo.

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