Guyenet v. Taubes ~ Topic 1: "Just 10-20 Calories a Day"
Unless you've been living under a "rock" in the world of nutrition, you're aware that Stephan Guyenet "debated" Gary Taubes on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
It took me several days broken up to watch/listen to the whole thing. In a nutshell, it was Science & Substance (Stephan Guyenet) versus Stories & Slander (Gary Taubes).
Rather than summarize, there were several points made that I'd like to address. In no particular order. I'll include this intro with links to prior topics as this series progresses.
The "10-20 Calories Difference" Claim
Timestamp: 1:09:49
Gary Taubes makes the extraordinary claim implying that obesity is the result of an extra 10-20 calories per day. He gets picky about semantics -- for a bit anyway -- but elsewhere in the podcast he's back to the reality that to store or accumulate 10-20 calories a day, these must be "extra" and they don't magically appear, they are consumed.
The example begins with putting on 4 lbs a year, and is then boiled down to more round numbers. Let's say you're a lean 20 year old, and you put on 40 lbs between then and the time you turn 40. I'll do the math -- this is gaining 2 pounds per year over a 20 year period. Gary Taubes claims this only requires an extra 10-20 calories per day to accumulate.
The Calculation:
Stipulated: 100% of weight is accumulated lipid/triglyceridesStipulated: 1 pound of lipid contains roughly 3500 calories
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