Calorie Myth – Why Low Calories Does Not Equal Weight Loss – Dr.Berg
in this video I'm going to talk about
calories this topic is probably one of the most confusing things that you can
ever imagine so really pay attention because this is
really important to video you know every so often I'll have people come in and
say you know dr. Berg I'm eating I'm not eating that many calories I don't know
why I'm not losing weight I mean I'm practicing portion control
I'm eating everything in moderation why can't I lose weight because I read in a
book that it's just a matter of calories in equal calories out and you will lose
weight right well let me just go a little bit deeper so let's first define
what a calorie is calories are units of energy in food okay it's a unit of
energy and food so we have three basic types of food we have proteins we have
fats and we have carbohydrates so let's just talk about proteins first of all
proteins have four calories per gram and fats have nine calories per gram and
carbohydrates have four calories per gram so now if you didn't understand
about the hormone system which we'll get into you would look at this and go wow
look at those fats it contains more than twice the calories so therefore I'm
going to avoid fats big and that's going to help me lose weight well let's take a
look at what occurs as another layer on top of these calories because the way
the body manipulates these calories is very different than a machine you have
hormones that react in influence these all these three very differently okay so
the first thing I'm going to talk about is the hormones involved when you eat
protein now if you have a small amount of protein maybe three to four ounces
you will trigger the fat burning hormones to help you burn fat now I want
to mention what proteins the function of proteins in the body actually are there
to replace in bill body tissue like muscle
like ligament like collagen like your joints like your hair your nails a lot
of the cell structures are all made from protein certain hormones are made from
protein so that's why we need protein we're constantly replacing the body with
these the structure of the material protein and through the hormone cycle
alright so if you actually consume too much protein like a very large amount
then what happens is you'll trigger the opposite hormone called insulin and that
makes fat okay so excessive protein can cause fat storage and so so really
proteins can help you or they can hurt you depending on the amount now I want
to talk about fats fat has the most calories but as far as hormones are
involved it's neutral as far as insulin it does not trigger the fat making
hormones so it's neutral now I'm not saying that if you consume all this fat
that it could influence your ability to get fat I'm not saying to start eating
tons of fat but I am saying there's a diet out there called the ki toast
ketosis diet and it's used for children with seizures and it's it's also
involved in the Atkins diet which is basically a high-protein diet and
ketosis is basically a breakdown of fat in the body and fats convert converted
to ketones and that ketones is used as fuel instead
of sugar so in other words the Atkins diet works like this it's very high
protein and high fat and very low if any carbohydrates okay so we have high
protein high fat and a lot of people lose weight with that so why because
when you eat that much fat and oil it forces your body to release your own fat
so in other words fat doesn't necessarily always turn into fat now
then dr.
Berg, don't I recommend the Atkins diet
well first of all it's missing the nutrients there's not enough vitamins
and minerals in fat and protein to be able to sustain the body plus it's very
hard on your liver if you have all this fat that's being burnt through the body
it all has to come out through your liver which is three and a half pounds
right here and it can plug up the liver and create all sorts of problems like a
fatty liver it can block your liver from detoxification you can have bad breath
it creates a lot of side effects it's not the healthiest way to lose weight
yet a lot of people will do it and they will lose weight but it's not a
long-term thing so fats are neutral with making fat but it also will force your
body to burn up your own fat that fats used as an energy source and to satisfy
the hunger as well there is some nutrients in fats but not a lot now we
have carbohydrates now the carbohydrates depending on what
kind of carbohydrate will either cause you to make fat or burn fat so the
carbohydrates consisted of sugars okay and that would be refined grains like
breads pasta cereal crackers biscuits waffles pancakes muffins so does things
like that juice hidden sugars and yogurt alcohol all that will trigger even
though it's a small amount of calories it will trigger insulin which will make
fat so carbohydrates are converted into fat if they break down the sugar really
fast okay so that's one thing number two the vegetables that we're talking about
vegetables are carbohydrates the non sweet vegetables the non starchy
vegetables have a lot of nutrition and a lot of fiber and low sugar so those
things do not convert to fat at all and that's why we recommend them because
it's a very good sustaining thing that you can do for the liver because it
enhances the nutrition into the body it gives you all the vitamins and mineral
that we need to convert the proteins and fats to body tissues okay so that's why
we do recommend the non sweet carbohydrates now of course potatoes and
rice and the starchy ones also are sugary and they convert into fat as well
but the vegetable family does not so what I wanted just to make you aware of
is the calories of these really react differently to hormones and it's not as
simple as calories in equals calories out it really depends on what type of
carbohydrates one purpose of fat one of the purposes of fat would be to build
the body tissues well every single cell in your body the outer part of the cell
the cell wall is made from fat your brain is made from fat your hormones are
made from hat fat all the nervous system that the covering around the nerves are
made from fat all your skin is made from fat so you need certain fat to replace
that you need fat and protein to build the body but you need the vitamins and
minerals from the carbohydrates the vegetable carbohydrates to provide the
nutrition to allow these to work and that is the purpose of nutrition is to
allow the raw material to be converted into body tissue to allow that that egg
that you eat to be turned into your hair you need vitamins and minerals at the
DNA level and that's why we have these nutrients to help repair and build body
tissue okay so I hope that's a good summary of what a calorie is I'm
expanding your definition now what goes wrong is when you age the hormones
change your metabolism changes and what I just talked about is even more
important because now you're going to have to be very very strict and how many
carbs you allow into your body and you have to understand the function of
proteins and fats and really keep the diet clean if you want to lose any
weight because you can't do what you did when you're 18 when your metabolism
on hormones were at their peak so the more the hormones decrease
towards 50 this becomes more and more important but when you're 18 you
probably could lower your calories and lose weight just like that now you can't
now we also have if you Brewin your metabolism any other slow metabolism
this becomes even more important as well so sometimes I'll have people say dr.
Berg am I ever going to go back to being able to eat Twinkies again I'll say well
you don't have the luxury right now let's build back up your metabolism so
then this becomes less of a problem and you can eat more Twinkies if you want to
eat one once in a blue moon also so hormones are affected by food and
they're influenced by aging and they're influenced by metabolism so I hope that
expanded your your idea on what a calorie is and then next time someone
says everything in moderation well not if you are getting older now if you have
a slow metabolism that doesn't work and also portion control even a small amount
of refined carbs and sugar can really block your ability to burn fat for a
long period of time so this does not apply if you have problems with the
hormone okay I hope that helped
