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Gastropod - the End of the Calorie

RalfLott
RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Lots of interesting stuff at Gastropod (suggested by a reader in the MFP Chit-Chat forum), which "looks at food through the lens of science and history."

I liked the recent episode, "The End of the Calorie" and accompanying article in Mosaic.

@Dragonwolf @baconslave


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  • KarlynKeto
    KarlynKeto Posts: 323 Member
    I will check it out!
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    http://www.pnas.org/content/108/48/19199.full
    interesting how cooking food, whether starches or meats, makes the 'calorie' more available to the body's energy systems... Neat articles, thanks @RalfLott
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    canadjineh wrote: »
    http://www.pnas.org/content/108/48/19199.full
    interesting how cooking food, whether starches or meats, makes the 'calorie' more available to the body's energy systems.

    Interesting article! Thx.

    "Our results indicate significant contributions from cooking to both modern and ancestral human energy budgets. They also illuminate a weakness in current food labeling practices, which systematically overestimate the caloric potential of poorly processed foods."

    Yet another weak link in the food labeling system.
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  • KarlynKeto
    KarlynKeto Posts: 323 Member
    I listened to a few of their podcasts, their one on calories was fasinating and discussed the discrepancy in labeling, including how nuts are generally OVER estimated by 5-30%. Thanks again for mentioning it, I will likely listen to most of their podcasts.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    Wow! This link is a home run having just read it.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited April 2017
    FYI, Jason Fung's Youtube channel recently posted his indictment of the woebegotten calorie, "The Calorie Deception."

    I'm not a rabid calorie counter, but the fact that the calorie box has fuzzy corners doesn't mean it's completely useless. (Dangle from rear-view mirror?)

    I think it's more that it's been the only game in town for decades, even longer than Low-Fat and its entourage of sick-makers (like margarine, coffeemate, and the arch horrible, skim milk).

    If someone just stumbled on the idea of counting calories today and published a paper showing a "strong correlation" between estimated CICO and body weight or BMI, I'll bet it wouldn't be long before DIY calorimeters started popping up on eBay and Amazon...
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Bump for recent calorie talk.
  • esjones12
    esjones12 Posts: 1,363 Member
    Gastropod is a great podcast! My boyfriend has me hooked on listening to them when I'm working out now. Also on the list is: The Daily Lipid, Fat Burning Man, Bulletproof Radio, No Meat Athlete, Ben Greenfield Fitness, and more.

    I like listening to smart people interview top scientists in the fields of fitness and nutrition talk about the stuff I'm trying to do. Most of the stuff on the MFP forums just makes me fall out of my chair laughing :smiley:
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Hmm. "and more" = ??

    Thanks for the tips!
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    So this would definitely explain why cultures traditionally brought up on stews are so damned predisposed to being jacked beastmen. ;)
  • Abm4n
    Abm4n Posts: 529 Member
    Thanks, that was a very interesting article about the calorie.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Fun. Thanks for this. Something to listen to on the treadmill this morning.
  • mandycat223
    mandycat223 Posts: 502 Member
    Based on these comments, I'll definitely have to listen to this. I was somewhat nonplussed by the headline, wondering how snails and slugs could contribute to our health journey. Snails and slugs and crawly things, oh my.
  • Sarahb29
    Sarahb29 Posts: 952 Member
    Okay I am dying to listen to this, I'll have to listen on my lunch time walk!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    I REALLY enjoyed this. THANKS!
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Bumping for recent calorie talk
  • MyriiStorm
    MyriiStorm Posts: 609 Member
    Along the same lines, here is Amy Berger's blog from this past Wednesday: Obesity is (mostly) a Hormonal Issue: Let's Stop Pretending it's Solely About Calories
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    It still boggles the mind how so many still think of weight gains as a Calorie ONLY issue.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    It still boggles the mind how so many still think of weight gains as a Calorie ONLY issue.

    Even assuming CICO is valid, our futile efforts to accurately account for calories would be like trying to tune a Peterbilt from a Big Wheel diagram....
  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,513 Member
    All these links are good reading, thanks to all who posted a link.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    OOouuuwww! Big Wheel! I forgot about them (yes, I am that old, ahahah).

  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Amy Berger and "CICOtards." Eeeep, I'm probably not allowed to repeat that here.... lol.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Skol!
  • SuperCarLori
    SuperCarLori Posts: 1,248 Member
    MyriiStorm wrote: »
    Along the same lines, here is Amy Berger's blog from this past Wednesday: Obesity is (mostly) a Hormonal Issue: Let's Stop Pretending it's Solely About Calories

    Sigh....I love her. Thank you, Myrii.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    Related CICO discussion:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10529676/video-ketones-insulin-brown-fat
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