Millions of us are counting calories every day. But do we know if those numbers truly reflect the energy we get from eating?
It’s about time that we debunked the “one-size-fits-all” approach to calorie counting and unmasked the outdated methodologies that contribute to inaccuracies in food labeling.
In today’s episode, Jonathan and Dr. Sarah Berry ask: How exactly do we measure calories, and is calorie counting actually effective?
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Mentioned in today’s episode:
The Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers from the United States Department of Agriculture
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The great calorie deception: Are food labels misleading? | ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
