Toxins in 'healthy' foods?! How do you know?

Weight, Body Fat %, Strength, Lean Mass, VO2 Max, what should you track?

Changing your body composition and overall fitness cannot be tracked just by stepping on the scale. Tracking your progress depends on what your goal is and know how to measure your progress towards that specific goal. Body weight, body fat %, strength, cardiovascular endurance, lipids, blood glucose and many other things can be tested, but which ones tell you if you're headed towards your goal.  ------------ WEBSITES -----------  ⁠https://johnbarban.com⁠ [https://johnbarban.com/] ⁠https://bradpilon.com⁠ [https://bradpilon.com] ⁠Total T Clinic⁠ [https://www.totaltclinic.com/podcast-contact/] ⁠https://eatstopeat.com [https://eatstopeat.com] https://www.ultalabtests.com [https://www.ultalabtests.com]

Toxins in 'healthy' foods?! How do you know?

Brad discovered dark chocolate is high in two heavy metals, cadmium and lead. This puts his consumption of chocolate into question as he always assumed it was a healthy indulgence because of the high polyphenols in chocolate. In today's episode we discuss the challenge of labeling a food healthy or not. If we only look at the polyphenols in dark chocolate we would say it has health promoting properties. If we look at the heavy metal levels, we would say it's not all that healthy. The key is knowing what the true risk is, and testing how your body reacts.  ------------ WEBSITES -----------  ⁠https://johnbarban.com⁠ [https://johnbarban.com/] ⁠https://bradpilon.com⁠ [https://bradpilon.com] ⁠Total T Clinic⁠ [https://www.totaltclinic.com/podcast-contact/] ⁠https://eatstopeat.com [https://eatstopeat.com] https://www.ultalabtests.com [https://www.ultalabtests.com]

A calorie deficit is the only way to lose weight

Anyone who has ever lost weight was in a calorie deficit. It doesn't mean they had to count calories, but whatever they were doing they ended up eating less total calories than their body was burning. Every bodybuilder and fitness competitor and everyone else who has ever lost weight can attest that they had to eat less than they were previously eating to lose weight. You can achieve a deficit with low carb, low fat, keto, carnivore, vegan, fasting, whatever you like, in all cases the total amount of calories consumed has to be below maintenance for weight loss, and specifically fat loss, to happen.  ------------ WEBSITES -----------  ⁠https://johnbarban.com⁠ [https://johnbarban.com/] ⁠https://bradpilon.com⁠ [https://bradpilon.com] ⁠Total T Clinic⁠ [https://www.totaltclinic.com/podcast-contact/] ⁠https://eatstopeat.com [https://eatstopeat.com] https://www.ultalabtests.com [https://www.ultalabtests.com]

Body composition is more important than weight

The scale is great for tracking weight loss, but it can’t tell you if the weight you lost is fat or lean mass. If you want to be sure the weight lost is fat you need to go beyond just the scale to track your progress.  ------------ WEBSITES -----------  ⁠https://johnbarban.com⁠ [https://johnbarban.com/] ⁠https://bradpilon.com⁠ [https://bradpilon.com] ⁠Total T Clinic⁠ [https://www.totaltclinic.com/podcast-contact/] ⁠https://eatstopeat.com [https://eatstopeat.com] https://www.ultalabtests.com [https://www.ultalabtests.com]

Dishonest headlines about Ozempic and its benefits

In this episode we talk about the dishonesty of media and sensationalized headlines that are designed to get attention. This article is about a man who lost 42lbs on Ozempic, and reports his back pain went away and many other good things happened. However the journalist decided to lead with the headline and a story focused on a supposed comment referring to the inability to eat a bucket of KFC anymore. This is truly dishonest writing and shows us how pathetic and sensationalized 'journalism' has become. I would hardly call this journalism at all.  ------------ WEBSITES -----------  ⁠https://johnbarban.com⁠ [https://johnbarban.com/] ⁠https://bradpilon.com⁠ [https://bradpilon.com] ⁠Total T Clinic⁠ [https://www.totaltclinic.com/podcast-contact/] ⁠https://eatstopeat.com [https://eatstopeat.com] https://www.ultalabtests.com [https://www.ultalabtests.com]