Nutrition Expert: This Is Why Eat Less, Exercise More Never Works
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Nutrition Expert: This Is Why Eat Less, Exercise More Never Works

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20261 hr 29 min
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Nutrition advice often reduces food to calories, nutrients, and a list of rules to follow. But the more we learn about how the body responds to different foods, the clearer it becomes that this way of thinking tells only part of the story. Today, I’m joined by cardiologist and public health expert Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University and author of the new book Food Is Medicine. We explore what we still get wrong about food and what changes when we begin treating it more like medicine. He...

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So calorie intake has gone down or is about the same as 2000.

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So we have a paradox.

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So calorie intake has gone down or is about the same as 2000. And physical activity has gone up and obesity has dramatically gone up since 2000. So we have a paradox. So eat less, exercise more, which is what we're all told doesn't seem to be working.

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What's truly amazing is the science of how food affects our biology. What we're learning is that the type of food we eat long-term is way more important than its calories. This is why we can't blame willpower. During the summer, when I'm moving between work and everything else, life throws at me.

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I notice pretty quickly which clothes actually stay comfortable and which ones don't. That's exactly why I've been wearing cozy earths all day to so much lately. It's made with viscose from bamboo and still feels great even after a busy day. I've noticed the same attention to quality with their pajamas and their sheets too.

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