The Calories Expert: "Health Experts Are Wrong About Calories!" "The Surprising Benefits Of Diet Coke!" & "The Link Between Obesity & Past Abuse!"
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CrossFit vs. marathon running? Yoga vs. pilates? Does the fitness world always have to be a battleground, or is there a middle ground that everyone can agree on? Dr. Layne Norton is a former powerlifting champion and professional bodybuilder. He is the founder of Biolayne LLC and the co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach. In this conversation Layne and Steven discuss topics such as, the truth about calories, sugar addiction, growing muscle three times faster, and why people can’t lose weight. Follow Layne: Twitter - https://bit.ly/4ch4nA0 Instagram - https://bit.ly/3PlE0PI Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Flight Fund: http://www.flight-fund-manager.seedrs.com Studies mentioned in the episode: Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6230287_Obesity_Risk_for_Female_Victims_of_Childhood_Sexual_Abuse_A_Prospective_Study Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32048787/ Creatine for the Treatment of Depression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769464/ Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1454084/ Non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water after a 52-week weight management programme: a randomised controlled trial: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3 Short-term consumption of sucralose with, but not without, carbohydrate impairs neural and metabolic sensitivity to sugar in human: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/ A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/ Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763407000589 The NutriNet-Santé Study https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335644 Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13302165/ GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Thyroid: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281535/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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