Everything you think you know about weight loss may be wrong — and one of the world’s leading Nutrition professors has the science to prove it.

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, PhD — Dean Emeritus at the Tufts University School of Nutrition and Director of the Food Is Medicine Institute — has spent decades studying why we get sick, why we gain weight, and why so much of what we've been told about food is overcomplicated at best, and actively harmful at worst. In this conversation, he dismantles the myths driving the obesity epidemic and replaces them with what the evidence actually shows.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why counting calories is a bad approach— and what actually drives weight gain
• Why most high-protein advice is backwards, and what you should be eating instead
• The real story on seed oils and ultra-processed foods (it's more nuanced than the headlines suggest)
• What GLP-1 drugs can and can't do — and why they're not the whole answer
• The truth about alcohol and how it relates to your wellness
• How to lose body fat and keep it off
• How to build a sustainable way of eating that supports your metabolism, your heart, and your long-term health

If you've ever felt paralyzed by conflicting nutrition advice, this episode cuts through the noise. Dr. Mozaffarian doesn't deal in trends — he deals in evidence. And the picture he paints is both surprising and deeply clarifying.

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD DrPH:
Director, Food is Medicine Institute
Distinguished Professor, Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Medicine, Dean Emeritus https://tuftsfoodismedicine.org/

Pre-order Dr. Mozaffarian’s book at: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250394286/foodismedicine/

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