Cut carbs. Go plant-based. Count macros. Try keto. The volume of diet advice has never been louder, and yet so many people are still not feeling well. In this podcast episode, Dr. Holly Carling and Alicia cut through the noise by examining four of the most common diet myths and explaining, from a nutritional standpoint, why they fall apart.
Dr. Carling is clear from the start that this episode is not about promoting a diet trend or moralizing food choices. It is about how the body actually works. She walks us through what doesn’t work with diets and what to do instead. Dr. Carling even shares her own experience on a plant-based diet. You’ll leave this episode with a clearer understanding of diet myths and how to bust them, plus practical ideas for incorporating real foods for lasting change.
Why This Matters
Many people are trying hard to eat well, but still feel tired, bloated, inflamed, or frustrated with their weight. This episode explains why that can happen when diet advice focuses too narrowly on calories, carbs, fat, or protein instead of looking at how digestion, hormones, blood sugar, stress, and metabolism work together.
In this episode:
- Why calories are not hormones, and how the same calorie count from different foods creates completely different metabolic responses
- Why removing fat from the diet increased obesity and disease rates, and which fats actually support hormones, bile production, brain function, and cell integrity
- The clinical and personal case against assuming plant-based eating is universally healthier, and what the body needs beyond plants
- Why most supplements on the market are synthetic isolates, how over-supplementation can mask deeper dysfunction, and what food-based supplementation actually means
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