Table of Contents:
FDA commissioner discusses the benefits of menu labeling
Video taken from the channel: Fox News
Menu Calorie Labeling Isn’t Doing Much to Fight Obesity
Video taken from the channel: Healthcare Triage
Menu Calorie Counts: How Accurate Are They?
Video taken from the channel: ABC News
Sadly, Putting Calorie Counts on Menus is Ineffective
Video taken from the channel: Healthcare Triage
The Truth Behind Calorie Labels
Video taken from the channel: CaseyNeistat
Mayo Clinic Minute: How to read the new Nutrition Facts label
Video taken from the channel: Mayo Clinic
The Power of Nutrition Luke Corey, RD, LDN | UCLA Health Sports Performance powered by EXOS
Video taken from the channel: UCLA Health
A new study suggests calorie labeling on menus could have major health benefits. Researchers also noted that healthcare and societal costs may improve due to lower levels of obesity. There are ways to limit calorie consumption without feeling deprived or risking a yo-yo effect. In 2018, the U.S. government mandated that all major chain restaurants include calorie counts on their menu items, as a way to.Our study shows that menu calorie labeling may prevent meaningful disease and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs,” said Dariush Mozaffarian, dean.
Research shows that menu labeling can help encourage people to order and consume fewer calories. In a study examining more than 100 million transactions at Starbucks in New York City (subject to menu labeling), and the Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, areas (not subject to menu labeling at the time), Bollinger et al 2 found a significant calorie reduction (6%) per transaction after calorie labeling.BOSTON (June 9, 2020, 9:00 a.m. EDT)—The national law requiring chain restaurants to include calorie labels on menus is estimated to prevent tens of thousands of new heart disease and type 2 diabetes cases—and save thousands of lives—in just five years, according to a new study estimating the law’s impact.
Our study shows that menu calorie labeling may prevent meaningful disease and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs,” said Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of the Friedman School. Mozaffarian is.New study shows benefits of PACE labeling Source: Loughborough University, Adobe Stock LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. — Labeling food and drinks with the amount and type of physical activity needed to burn off the calories it contains could help reduce obesity.
According to a new research review, diners choose meals that have between 8 and 12 percent fewer calories when the menus include information about their calorie counts. The research, which relied.Well, there are actually many benefits.
Let’s look at some of the positive effects menu calorie labeling may have on your restaurant. Why Menu Calorie Labeling is Advantageous for Restaurants. With the May 7, 2018, deadline for menu labeling compliance fast approaching, many restaurant owners and chefs are working hard to get all the.This first-ever, long-term study on calorie labeling shows that consistent exposure to prominent calorie labeling of main meals reduced the likelihood of young adults gaining any weight over a.Research in Philadelphia, where such rules already exist, indicate as few as 8 percent of fast-food eaters make healthy choices based on menu calorie counts, the study found. “I believe menu.
Our study shows that menu calorie labeling may prevent meaningful disease and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs,” Dariush Mozaffarian, a co-author of the study, said in a press release.Mozaffarian and his colleagues used a computer prediction model to estimate that consumers choosing lower-calorie items in response to the.Food and Drug Administration, “Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments; Calorie Labeling of Articles of Food in Vending.Despite these limitations, the data provide a robust examination of menu labeling. The findings indicate that many consumers, particularly vulnerable groups, do not report seeing calorie labeling information and very few report using labeling to purchase fewer calories. No large scale population levels changes in fast food visits are noted.
And as one new study shows, those calorie labels have a surprising effect on fast-food customers. Most of us are incredibly skilled at denial, as it turns out, or else we just don’t care about.
List of related literature:
|
|
from Handbook of Obesity, Two-Volume Set |
|
|
|
from Encyclopedia of Adolescence |
|
|
|
from Nutrition Now |
|
|
|
from Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? |
|
|
|
from Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It |
|
|
|
from Dietetic and Nutrition: Case Studies |
|
|
|
from Heritage, Culture and Society: Research agenda and best practices in the hospitality and tourism industry |
|
|
|
from Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy |
|
|
|
from Supersizing Urban America: How Inner Cities Got Fast Food with Government Help |
|
|
|
from How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss |
343 comments
What can you say about astaxanthin? https://www.astaxanthin.co.nz/infographic
I remember when I was younger (I’m 21 now) that commercials on tv for Happy Meals at McDonalds always showed the meal with fries as a side. Now, from the few that i’ve caught on tv while babysitting, it seems the default side is those apple slices.
I have one problem with these studies. When I go to eat out, it’s a treat. I tailor my calories for the whole day to allow me to eat out. So looking at how these studies are done, it would say that my meal choice didn’t have any difference if the calories had been posted or not, but in truth, it didn’t see that I had a lighter lunch, or skipped a snack or two so that I could have that meal. I also see how much I’m over and can change my workouts for the rest of the week to cover it. These are all things I do.
The issue seems to be much the same with trying to get people to become more conscious about energy and water use no direct monetary amount. I bet if the menu said, “You are going to pay X more dollars in healthcare for this item” people might think more seriously. You would think that people would change behavior for other more “righteous” reasons, but it seems like cash works the best. I wish they would try something like this.
Hello everyone!!!))Who watched and lose weight ahah?))).
If you need some Russian food you can check my cooking on my channel!)))
How can you measure meat and beans using the same serving size? They contain VASTLY different amounts of protein!
This is far from anything substantiated, but instead heavily anecdotal, but I find it humorous.
When I go to sit down joints that have a section of ‘healthy’ dishes, that often contain foods my mates would often eat both at home or at other places that just don’t list them in a healthy section, they scoff at the healthy marketing and proclaim “I didn’t come to insert food establishment for something ‘healthy’, I came for something filling!”
This is despite the ‘healthy’ options being things like a steak, mac-cheese, and boiled broccoli. Personally one of my favourite dishes, and a dish I often would cook for these people at home… followed by proclimations of how much they love it and don’t know why they haven’t had it in ages. “Man… last time I had this was my gramma’s house… why don’t I eat this more often?”
Thats the first time i got recommended something from this guy
Are there any studies to see if the calorie labeling effected behavior beyond the restaurant? For instance if I knew my hamburger was 1000 calories, I could cut out something else later in my day to compensate.
How about rescheduling marijuana. How do you expect anyone to believe you about anything when you list pot as one of the most dangerous drugs? Makes you look like a liar or a dolt. Which is it?
cover the White House Correspondents Dinner already, Michelle wolf verbally murdered Sarah Huckabee Sanders!! it was amazing
I wonder if menu labeling has another potential effect not discussed here. I don’t eat out regularly, so when I do I tend to splurge including on calories. But knowing how many calories I’m consuming when I eat out does influence my decisions about what I eat BEFORE and AFTER that meal. So while I’m not consuming fewer calories at the restaurant, I may consume fewer calories when I get home to compensate. I’m just a sample size of one, but it sounds like this study only addressed the decisions people make AT the restaurant.
So why do policy makers want to think that obesity is caused by a lack of information? Is it because it’s somewhat easier for them, they can pass regulations that make restaurants have calorie counts? To make it look like they’re doing something? I don’t understand why policy makers would ignore all scientific evidence. Seems bonkers to me.
Thank you. I am a disabled veteran. I cannot walk very much. My legs are all messed up, especially my right leg, and neck and back are fused. My ankles, feet, shoulders, and hands are also tore up, and my left hand is mostly paralyzed. I have to get my weight back down now that my operations are done. I am going to diet and just work my arms. I took a lot of notes and I am going to give it hell. I have 3 boys that I have to get healthy for. They have been doing most everything with their mom through all of this, and I am going to try to get to where I can do more.
I know this is old but you should ALWAYS over your calories you track by 10-15% because of this very thing.
F..king hell. telling people to eat 5 times a day is modern nutritional advice.
You’ll never grasp how grateful I am for you and this information. Thank you!
Nothing like going blind trying to read Small print, think you could put larger text on your labels?
I use menu labelling to make sure I always get as many calories as possible. I feel cheated. They probably did not give me all the calories I ordered.
@Healthcare Triage It’s too bad it does not change overall calorie intake on average. However, in many ways, that is irrelevant. I can think of a couple of reasons menu labeling should happen.
1. Just on principle, we should have access to information on what we are eating. Whether it changes my choices or not, I at least want to be able to know what I’m eating. If it’s hidden, it could be ANYTHING and that’s scary.
2. I would think the food companies would want to label their food to avoid any future liability. Tobacco companies hid information from us that had an impact on our health and they were found liable for huge damages. It’s not unreasonable to expect the same could happen to the food industry. The more they label, the more they can defend themselves by saying, “you knew exactly what you were eating when you purchased it.”
3. Labeling may not affect our total calorie intake, but it may help make us happier. Your granola vs hamburger example is perfect. If you see the bowl of granola with milk has the same fat as a burger, but the burger makes you happier, then the labeling has had an effect on your choice. While the calorie count has not changed, you are happier. The same goes for me when I discovered that those chopped salads at places like Fridays or California Pizza Kitchen are loaded with calories, I started choosing items with similar calories but that are much more satisfying.
Anecdotally, I have personally chosen what I’ve ordered many times based on calorie counts on the menu. I may be in the minority, but I like having the information. So, I like having it and I’d like to see more of it.
Whether it’s the government’s role to require this or not is a political/policy question and I can see both sides of the argument. Perhaps a better approach would be to pass a law that says, “Companies who make accurate calorie and ingredient information easily available to consumers CANNOT be held liable for damages that food may cause to the health of the consumer.” That would give companies a strong incentive to label accurately since the law would provide a safe haven.
I’d be interested to see if they work via a different mechanismnot ordering anything and causing sales reductions. The fast food segment in this country has had a notable decline in same-store sales which may be at least partly related to calorie labeling.
At least personally, I’ve often found myself in a McDonald’s or Taco Bell on a whim, perhaps a bit hungry or just wanting a snack. Seeing the calorie labels makes me more likely to reconsider and leave the restaurant entirely without ordering anything. Moreover, I often just don’t even enter the restaurant, because I know what I’m going to see by now.
Yet, if I go into a McDonald’s and decide to purchase something, I’m still going to get a Big Mac. If a researcher looked at my personal data from what I order at McDonald’s as a McDonald’s customer, they would see no change. But in fact they have changed my behaviorjust in a way the study can’t measure.
Calorie counts only matter if people already care! Personally I REALLY appreciate when there are calorie counts!
Fox News the flat-earth white supremacist tide pod challenge winner channel.
I don’t want to be given advice and information I want to be told precisely what to do. Where are my giant economy sized packs of government sanctioned nutriglop “the only food you’ll ever need.” Giving me thousands of different choices just gives me thousands of ways to get it wrong.
Can you at least admit being an ‘elite’ athlete is unhealthy?
It’s distinctly possible that when their behavior didn’t change because when people go out to eat at places like this they already know they are being indulgent.
If you like it,
fitmd_nutritie my blog on Instagram, so interesting and full of information about nutrition and heathyfood!:))
Because that would cost money and we don’t have that, unless it’s for the military. Then we have 600 billion.
Thanks a lot… For a long time I’m so confused about nutritions but after watching all the clear for me.. Love from India
how do you know those bigmacs have the accurate caloric count on the package tho
They’ve done this in the UK already… Calorie counts are on almost everything in restaurants and on general products in supermarkets with very little effect.
I’m surprised by how surprised some people are about this.
Question: do calorie labels aid specifically people trying to lose weight by counting calories in doing so? Or do people trying to lose weight via that strategy do so just as effectively without menu labels?
I wanna know what the fuck was on that healthy sandwich. Unless it had 200 calories of fucking ranch all over it then there is no way in hell it was 500+. Not to mention things like subway and chipotle they don’t weight they stuff out and make it exact so yeah it’s not gonna be perfect.
So i have a question, i’m 6,6 and i weigh 222 lbs. Since last week i started counting my macro’s and my daily need of calories. If i want to bulk up i need;
3531 calories
258 grams of proteïn
82 grams of fat
440 grams of carbs
If i want to cut i need;
2821 calories
258 grams of proteïn
82 grams of fat
264 grams of carbs
Normally i eat around 2400/2500 calories a day.
My question now is, what will happen if i start eating 2821 calories with those exact grams of proteïn, fat and carbs?
Since i normally eat less, will i bulk up and gain more fat? Or will my body react positively because it truly needs those amounts of calories and grams?
I’m from Holland so i may have made some grammar mistakes
What exactly is Custokebon Secrets? How does this thing really work? I see lots of people keep on talking about this popular weight loss diet plan.
Why not report the fda & Democratic Congress trying to ban SARMS for literally not being Fda approved & two out of the dozens out there caused liver toxicity given to rats at 20x human dosage. But let cigarettes be legal $$
or use common sense!!! if you eat a lot your going to be fat!!! duh!!! they just want to take choice away!!! get ready people!!!
Knowing that the salad that could feed a family of six has 900 calories per “serving” does not do you any good when the restaurant only serves that giant portion. Restaurants need to have standard portion sizes if you’re to really make a difference in calories consumed.
Even if it doesn’t help overall, i’d still rather have more data about my food than less, BUT if that data is wrong, then it is pretty useless.
I’m a diabetic, so it’s a minefield out thar in restaurants. I’m a yuge tipper when the Waiter understands my query as to ‘added sugar?’ with aplomb. Even better when the menu simply has a low carb section….
Not sure how big the sample was, but p-values of.06 and.07 are pretty good. However, I am an economics major and we give a bit more leeway lol
If I was to eat the recommended calorie intake I would put on a lot of weight. I’m 5ft 10in and 70kg and I survive on around 1200 calories a day. If I was to eat about 800 more calories, well that wouldn’t be good
This is how liberals think. They always (condescendingly) assume that people just don’t know. That an awareness program is all they need. Look, if you are craving a hamburger, a salad is not going to do. If you want to attack obesity (as if a federal government had any business doing that) you would need to understand why you crave the burger in the first place. These ‘awareness’ campaigns are the leading edge of Leftist government creep. Stop it in its tracks. You know perfectly well you shouldn’t be eating a big old ice cream sundae. There’s no education gap. Why do you reach for it anyway? Ah, there’s the rub.
So it isn’t an information issue. So what is causing the problem?
this was a waste of 40 minutes. this is what online school has lead me too:(
Who cares if it doesnt change everyone behavior? At least the people who want to take care of themselves will be able to with calorie labels.
Guys, burn fat doesn’t have to be hard (I used to feel it did). I’ll give you some advice right now. Search a diet plan called Custokebon Secrets. Seriously, that diet plan has changed my life. I probably should not even be talking about it because I don’t want a bunch of other folks out there running the same “game” but whatever, I’m in a great mood today so I will share the wealth haha.
Worked today for me. I couldn’t find anything I wanted to eat under 300 calories, so I left.
Remember, Nicotine is why people smoke or vape. High nicotine content allows one to inhale less, to be satisfied.
@ 4:25 do all restaurant employees, fast food and sit down, touch our food with their bare hands? Who knows if they actually washed their hands after they used the bathroom..
I found this information really helpful, you break it down to the point where a little baby could easily understand. Thanks and God bless!!
Why do you pick fights with things that have no negatives? I love having the calories available to me. Why argue against it just because the majority don’t care?
She’s a piece of ass ain’t she!! Couldn’t concentrate…kept thinking of her naked and covered in baby oil. Lol
It helps me, because I can put it in MyFitnessPal for my daily calorie count. But plenty of people just aren’t interested. Yesterday I saw a lady with obvious joint problems you could tell by her crutches and the way she walked, typical osteoarthritis who said “why should I lose weight at my age? I don’t see any reason to.” Sigh.
you seriously have no idea when it comes to eating healthy. LOL
Oils are good for you and you need them part of your daily consumption. You are a fucking bigot!
This lunitic commissioner is assuming that people care. Leave us alone. We don’t need a nanny; especially from government!
Use Hemp oil as the carrier fluid for e-cigs, instead of glycerin. And keep the nicotine high, so folks don’t have to inhale as much.
Yeah… this isn’t surprising at all. Honestly it seems more like a habit/an addictive behaviour.. but I don’t know.
90% of the food from supermarkets in America look like shit.
Note to self: Keep eating unprocessed foods like you’ve been.
Also, if you have an ED. Smiles look good on you! (:
why do we still use calories when we mean kilocalories? also why do we use calories instead of joule?
hi, with intermitent fasting one should reacomodate the portion sizes in a shorter lapse time? like for example compressing the eating schedule
When are people gonna learn it’s not calories it’s that their eating too much fat
How quickly did anti-smoking policies work? Calories is a starting point, eventually we will regulate more and they will have to include grams for each ingredient, we deserve to know what they are serving, it’s not just a nutrition or health outcome policy, it’s a freedom of information policy, consumers have a right to consume unhealthy products sometimes, we have a right to regulate, part of the regulation that we want is a disclosure of the ingredients.
If it says 12 g sugar and 13 g added sugar, the total amount on the left is it the addition of both or just the added Sugar?
How about adding a color scale to labeling? Like a green label for low calorie to red for the highest calorie based on standard serving. Make it big and bright and simple for people. I think numbers tend to confuse people and or make it hard to make choices, but maybe if a consumer knows they can have 10 “green” servings a day or 2 “red” then maybe this will improve behavior.
5:05…and then people go home and snack to make up the calorific deficit.
May I ask….What percentage number/range would be considered a high number for saturated fat?
Probably because when I go out to eat, I aint thinkin bout health man. Health is food made at home, eating out is food for fun
The downsizing thing makes me wonder if just offering more options as to portion sizes might help. If instead of small, medium and large, there were, say, 6 portion sizes, people might order a medium-large rather than a large because that’s really what they want.
Knowing how many calories was in the food I ate didn’t help me at all. What finally has been helping me is TRACKING those calories.
But it goes beyond calories, I’m tracking the overall quality of the food. Fats, sugars, calories, and nutrition are all important.
I’m still able to eat my favorite foods, even junk foods, I just have to eat the right amounts and make sure I eat higher quality food more often. Lost 9lbs in one month already, and I’m not a particularly big person to start with. And I know it sounds like a plug, but so what. I use the app MyFitnessPal and I’m loving it. I eat better food, more variety, and still get to enjoy my favorite horrible stuff like chocolate ice cream, chips, hot dogs, burgers, etc.
Love the vids but I think I can see a universal flaw in all of the studies mentioned in this clip. For instance let me use myself as an example. I count my calories and still order what would be considered excessive calories when I go out to eat but then with that knowledge of how many calories I consumed (thanks to menu items having that info) I curtail my consumption during the rest of the day or following days. Why are the calories consumed at the restaurant considered the end point for all of these studies? I think having caloric info on menus is very helpful in combating obesity but these studies use an inappropriate endpoint
Would you ever do a show about the surprising and somewhat confusing evidence concerning the impact of alcohol use on immune function? Or a comparison of the neurological impacts of various drugs?
Now I can’t help but imagine a conversation like this:
American 1: Hey how many calories are there in this triple mega extra grease 36 pieces pizza?
American 2: Worry not dear sir, this is only 320 calories low fat exclusive! Perfect for a quick supper!
American 1: Perfect! I’ll have 3 please and also 2 kilos of donuts for my kids’ breakfast tomorrow morning! Actually, I’ll have just one pizza, I’m on a diet.
Edit: I feel my body bloating just by watching the video
The video does not make sense. In his table at @ 22:00 he says for lunch you need 2 servings of protein. At @ 21:00 we are told one serving is 3oz or 1 palm. Then when it comes to putting it into practice at @ 28:00 he says for lunch we should have a piece of grilled chicken for lunch serving of 1 palm or 3 oz. Which is equal to one serving and not 2 servings of protein. Then he lectures on this video “Know Your Numbers!”.
This was such a great video. Thank you so much for sharing! 2.4K likes! Think of how many lives you have helped just by this 37 min video… awesome job!
My inner grammar nerd is very happy that you said healthily instead of “eating healthy.”: )
Admittedly the only time I pay significant attention to calories is when I’m debating two or more items and can’t decide. I then let the calorie count be the tie breaker.
Amazing nutrition information. Awesome video. Wonderful job.
I used not only this video but other one that have come out of UCLA sports center. It was helpful for my nutrition 100 course.
Not a good idea or is it?
Regardless if you label or not. Obesity has several factors involved. Not just from foods. So telling me a pizza has calories and cheese in it is plain stupid.
Want to lose weight? Practice eating discipline.
E-cigarettes? Still safer than chemical rinsed tobacco and micro fibers from regular cigarettes.
Anyways. Still comes down to big brother telling me what to eat and no after dinner smoke.
Where is the personal responsibility in it?
Great teaching and information given but it makes no sense eating all those healthy foods to improve your immune system and organs if you’re just going to end up infecting your body by eating pig which is known and proved by scientists to contain thousands of bad bacteria and diseases which in no way shape or form should be consumed by any human. As any professional dietician or health doctor in any field, that should’ve definitely been something you were taught beforehand.
When he mentioned Jared the subway guy I checked the video publish date.
Menu labeling doesn’t work, except for the people that actually use them.
Ok so to make a 5 Cal pudding I just need to buy normal pudding and say it’s 5 cals, that’s easy. Thanks for the recipe Casey!
Ok I haven’t seen anyone pointing this out in the last 500 comment so here it is:
It doesn’t matters. As long as the ERROR is a CONSTANT (let’s say close to 10% in the MAJORITY of the cases) than it does not matter. You maintenance calories will be yes virtually lower but they wil still be the amount that makes your weight stay the same. Some basic math knowledge.
So helpful, thanks. https://allwellnes.kyani.net/ very good….
Such an Amazing video with excellent content. I love how you built each concept on top of each other. You really put the learner in mind first in this presentation thank you. Quality always stands out.
What is the best way to lost a ton of fat? I read plenty of superb opinions on the net about how Custokebon Secrets will help you lost crazy amounts of fat. Has anyone tested out this popular fat burn methods?
Hello, i’ve a question!!!
IF yes, with your calorimeter you can know how much calories is in your aliments (with the heat transfer from a combustion to water bla bla bla… q=mC*delta T).
How can you know, how much carbohydrate or lipid or protein is in this aliments? How can you difference 4 calories from 1g of carbohydrate to 4 calories from 1g of protein!!!!
That’s a mystery for me:O
Does Custokebon Secrets really work? I see many people keep on talking about Custokebon Secrets. But Im not sure if it’s good enough to lost lots of fat.
Calorie counts on menus actually help me a lot. But that’s only because I struggle to get enough calories in a day, not because I’m trying to cut calories out of my diet.
Excellent video. I love this. I realize how on track I am as I practice almost everything in this video. Thanks for sharing this.
I’m tired of hearing about calories. It’s so overrated. Not that caloric intake isn’t important to consider, by it’s much more important to consider actual ingredients and making sure we have a good balance of the right ingredients and don’t over indulge on the less healthy ingredients. The only people that really need to consider calories are those watching their weight or trying to lose weight… IN COMBINATION with balanced and healthy food ingredients. Eating less calories does NOT mean you are eating healthy, just that you’re eating less.
More wasted funds on more government intrusion in our lives.
counting calories doesn’t work. people may be eating so much because the food they eat has very little nutritional value and therefore they are actually starving as they continue to gain weight. the body is just trying to get something it can use, it is not as simple as energy in / energy used. the energy in has to be usable for our bodies or it is like we never ate. i was obese. on the 32 flavors diet for most of my life. 7 years ago that changed and i maintain a normal weight. we truly are what we eat.
Hello there, have you considered Custokebon Secrets yet? Just do a google search. On there you will discover an awesome tips about how exactly you can lost a ton of weight. Why don’t you give it a shot? maybe it will work for you too.
Calories are bullshit!!!!!!!! Eat whatever you want as long as you work out as hard as you eat.
Great ideal to share this on YouTube video. I like many, when growing up did not have anyone to go to so to ask all those questions we have to improve in our sports, and general health.
It was not until after I graduated high school that I though of going to the local college and go to their book store. So, I could look at the books required for the nutrition classes that semester. I would buy the book and get my information first hand.
Something I suggest for those who may not be going to college for a number of reasons. For me, at the time I just moved put on my own. Freshly married. And, working too alemany hours to go to college. But, i,realize I could buy the book and teas it during my free reading time.
Later when I was able to go to college, I was able to also take nutrition classes.
I,would also suggest for those playing sports to look into the Kinesiology department books. That is the Applied Anatomany and Physiology Sports and Exercise department. They also have nutrition classes that are specific to Sports and Exercise. Usually,those specialized classes like,that in the Kinesiology department such as Sports Psychology are taught by people who are earning a double major. One degree in Kinesiology, and the other degree in the other fild that is crossing over when aligned with to Kinesiology. Such degrees like a Nutrition advance degree or Psychology advance degree.
I do have one question. I never understood why dietritionsxhave said that fried food is bad for us. I looked into itm if we are trying it in a healthy oil. Then we are meeting our healthy fat requirement. When frying food the fat content tends to be 20-15%n That number isnwoth in the RDA, government Recomended Daily Allowance. And, the RDA is,the minimum requirement. It is not the maxamin or medium allowance. Also, if we are eating that for one meal then the percentage for daily,allowance for one meal actually,goes,down when averaged in with all the other meals of the day.
So, why would that be considered bad, when it is actually in allinment with what the Nutrition Science says is ok?
As someone who is desperately trying to lose weight by counting and tracking calories, I really hope more restaurants label calories, forced or otherwise. I hate having to blindly guess and hope that the food is close to what I’m calculating. Also offering more reasonable portion sizes would be nice, because as restaurant portions currently are, most people could stand to eat about half of the given amount of food, but when the food is placed before us, we are unlikely to eat a sensible portion, especially if we grew up with the “clean your plate because there are starving kids in Africa” mentality.
If they really wanted to help obeisty that would stop adding fats, sugars, and other crap to our food.
You don’t say whether the studies measured whether seeing these calorie counts caused people to eat at home more, and in restaurants less.
Carb4calories protein4calories fat9caloried a 75kg/165lbs person that’s wants 2000calories a day should eat 165g protein 225g carbs 50g fat (mainly monounsaturated and poly unsaturated fats) 1g protein per 1lbs body weight, 250g carbs for anyone is really good, if u want to loose weight drop it to 200g roughly ideally half of them at least is vegetables… fat should be between 40-65g
If people keep calling them “calories” instead of the proper “Kilocalories”, it’s no wonder they’d think they can keep over-eating.
IMO, you’re focusing on the wrong outcome. I didn’t really expect much change from customers. I’m interested in how labeling requirements impact the production side of things. I imagine labeling requirements may lead some places to rethink recipe design. If you’re the person coming up with a dish, would label concerns (vs. not having to even consider the calorie count) cause you to make different choices?
Creating laws and regulations to try and solve your problems is almost never the right answer. People need to start taking responsibility for themselves instead of thinking the government can do it for them. For those wanting to know the caloric content of the food, restaurants having that information available is fantastic, but making it law to be on menus will likely only result in higher costs of the food. Stop looking towards the government to solve all your problems for you! Lazy! All you get is more freedoms stripped away from you.
Ok I doubt any chain watching out for their own bottom line will ever start instructing their employees to ask customers whether they’d rather like a smaller portion. They are well-incentivised to do the opposite.
There’s business opportunity here. You can try to build lab to test food and create a brand like calories certified. Ensuring the calories is trustable.
Only the Subway came under cos they ALWAYS skimp on the meat!
I don’t go out to eat regularly, because it’s expensive… So I could really care less what the calorie count is when I’m kind of spoiling myself already.
I think most people see numbers and their brains freeze up because it’s too much math. What I’ve noticed, even with people trying to lose weight, is that they don’t completely grasp calories in vs calories out. They want foods to be labeled “good” or “bad” so they can avoid the “bad” ones and binge eat the “good” ones.
I think we probably could use more comprehensible nutrition education. If we can shift the focus from calorie counting and how many grams of carbs or fat is theoretically ideal to something more visual (that doesn’t require a spreadsheet and a calculator to track), it would help. Show people what a healthy size dinner portion is enough times and maybe they’ll back off of the enormous super sized portions typically served in the US.
My mate laughed when I told them I was planning to lose weight with just using Custokebon Secrets, but after I showed them incredible results after I used it they are begging me to share with them about it. Of course I won’t let them know the details about this diet plan, hahaha
I don’t think that listing calories on a menu is too effective like the video said. But can be effective to people who actually care about themselves or help people who are trying to lose weight. But instead of labeling menus with the amount of calories that are in meals, maybe we should try to reduce proportion sizes that are served in restaurants. But in the end its not going to effect the behavior of people unless they want to make that change.
Part of the problem is that when my family eats out, we don’t worry about calorie counts that much. We view it as a treat. The question is how many of these people eat out a lot?
To those of you trying to lose weight, calories aren’t whats really important. It’s more abt where your getting your calories from.
You should remember that it matters where the calories are coming from. For example, 100 calories in cheese is going to react differently in your body than 100 calories in apples. For me, it was better to take the Weight Watchers approach and look at the amount of fiber, fat, carbs, and protein.
In my house growing up we weren’t allowed to have cereal that had partially hydrogenated anything or high fructose anything else. When Cinnamon Toast Crunch changed to passed the test, we made mom and dad buy us like fifteen boxes. We ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But we were more focused on natural than calories.
No one should need “research” to realize that counting calories is a distraction, and absolute bullshit. Calories are the measurement of energy that is contained in a given amount of food. It doesn’t matter what the calorie distribution is between the different nutrients, the number of calories will give NO indication as to how exactly a particular food will affect one’s metabolism and/or if they will gain weight or not.
Any and all “convenience” foods will be high in something that will make you gain weight. And any ready-made meal one buys outside, will most likely have everything that will make you gain weight. You wanna eat a pizza/burger/sub, and have let’s say, ice cream for dessert? Besides the fact that excess pizza consumption is just asking for heart disease, all three of those are extremely high in sodium, fat, and, carbs. Excess sodium dehydrates the body, and makes people retain extra water weight. Consuming a high amount of saturated fat is bad for two reasons: 1) saturated fat is the type that solidifies in the body, and 2) fat is used by the body LAST, for energy. and carbs are used first. Carbs are the first and primary source of energy for the body, but unused carbs are converted into fat, which, needless to say, will make you gain weight. Finally, sugars are broken down into carbs, and as already stated above, if these carbs go unused, they will be converted into fat, and more weight gain.
That is everything one needs to know, if they want to prevent becoming obese. Not that “counting calories” bullshit that the mainstream media shoves down people’s thoats.
Don’t count calories
It’s insufficient information anyway and it distracts you from listening to what your body really needs
Speak for yourself. I greatly appreciate calorie labels and follow them religiously. I like to have peace of mind about what I ordered and I enter it into MyFitnessPal. Of course people won’t care about calorie counts if they don’t give a shit in the first place.
You know what is even more sad this video just made me want to eat McDonald’s.
Yeah but the vegan sandwich shouldn’t be compare to a mcdonals bc of the nutrients and fiber, it’s just not the same. Good video btw i didn’t thought that the labels could be wrong
That is why we cooked our health food in our kitchen ☺,
We know every single macros in it.
I see that in some workshops,
They don’t care about some more sous or some surplus adding, because they don’t know about calories or don’t care about health diet…..
Thanks bro.
How effective is Custokebon Secrets? I have noticed numerous awesome things about this popular lose weight diet plan.
I mean most slices of bread are around 120 calories so the bread alone would be 240.
Aaron Carroll,
You seem a bit jaded… calorie counting does in fact seem to work. I am perhaps a acceptable example of that. I tried a lot of ways of losing weight and it eventually came down to calorie counting.
I think what this shows is less that posting calorie counts doesn’t work and more that the general public has poor conceptions of what it means… I know that when I started to calorie count I had so many skewed conceptions of what a serving was, how much I should be getting, how much I was actually getting, and so on…
There were times that before I calorie counted I saw the calories but I didn’t really estimate its impact on me correctly or I was not as willing to tally it up. I imagine that is the fundamental issue here… saying it ‘doesn’t work’ is an overstatement. But till there is motivation for people to in some way count and people understand what it means… I doubt the general public will ever benefit from it.
Take it from me… I was disillusioned… and for the better I might add.
omfg your videos are bias. told about positives of having food labels
I like having nutritional information on menus. First, I think it encourages restaurants to think about their preparation methods and not go too crazy with calories. Second, I will still order what I like, but I now know how to eat for the rest of the day to balance out splurge of going to a restaurant. Third, it keeps me from thinking I have made a healthy food choice when I really haven’t. Like the Blueberry Organic cereal he talks about in the videomany foods sound healthy but really aren’t.
Labeling is as far as things should go. Those who care will pay attention. Telling people what to eat is an affront to liberty and freedom.
God bless ya! I really benefited from this video and thank you for all your hard efforts.
Could it be the problem is not too much information but unwanted data? If you feed “information” to people who are neither interested nor attentive, you are not giving them any information at all, but just adding to the noise they are trying to filter out.
Big government should stay out of our lives. Let us eat whatever we like. Who cares whats in our food. We have the best (#1 USA) medical doctors in the universe to put us back together from the shit we eat.
I’m a republican who has the right to a big beautiful weapon, I also have the right to my religion n my sky God to protect me n my terrorist country, I don’t want government interfering with the shit that I eat. So to you snowflakes stay away from me… my family n my country that I stolen from native Americans. Amen!!! MAGA!!! Thank you for your time! Peace n love!!!✌
When it comes to eating healthy, you must never fall victim to modern day fad diets. Extreme diet plans undoubtedly are a danger for your health, especially ones that seriously limit your daily nutritionary intake. While they may induce quick weight loss, these kinds of diet plans will never be a long-term solution for your waistline. You should search Custokebon Secrets on google search engine as it isn’t just another fad diet where you starve yourself.
Pro tip: try to decouple coffee from sweet taste. I used to drink coffee sweet but following “adults” (I was 17) around me I cut sugar and sweeteners pretty quickly. Now I find that sweet coffee tastes gross and wouldn’t drink it
It still surprises me, how a lot of people are not aware about Custokebon Secrets, even though a lot of people get good result with it. Thanks to my friend who told me about Custokebon Secrets, I have lost lots of weight by using it without starving myself.
Can you do a video on animal meat which is treated with antibiotics?
And that is why obesity is a major problem in the US people think they are not eating many calories when they actually do.
What about calorie COUNTING? Is there any evidence this is even a viable long term strategy for weight loss or maintenance?
I know people that have lost weight that way, but never for more than a year. I’ve never counted calories in my life, and I’m still a healthy weight at 50, but it’s because I have a healthy diet. Just avoid the crap (mostly), and eat more healthy stuff. If you have to count calories at a restaurant, you should not be eating there IMHO. At least not very often.
There’s a video by famous film maker, Casey Neistat, called “The the truth about calorie labels”. It’s a good watch, check it out
Agreed with everything until you mentioned that plant base diet is not the best. Genesis 1:29 God is the best Nutritionist because he designed the human body
your fat list doesn’t include animal fats. this is a joke. you are promoting 1970s science around saturated fat I guess. this is why you guys are so dangerous. none of your list of fats/oils would have been available to humans 200 years ago except salmon. so what, we’ve evolved in 200 years to conveniently be in line with your corporate processed food sponsors. sure.
It’s pretty annoying to be a slightly under average-weight young female. There’s such a small window between being calorie deficient and overeating.
another thing is “per serving” and a small little bag can have 10 servings:(
Ok, so the video is spot on and great, but for me, the calorie content of a restaurant is nearly irrelevant, not because I don’t care about my diet or health, but because I don’t frequently eat out and when I do eat out it is usually my “cheat meal” for the week.
My wondering therefore, is whether any of these studies controlled for the eating habits of the people visiting the restaurants. Those that eat out frequently might behave differently than those who eat out infrequently. I wouldn’t guess that the data would be too different, considering the original studies likely contained both sets of individuals, but I’m still curious.
Additionally, laws that mandate labeling of certain things, calories in a restaurant being one of them, are created from a belief that people will ACT better if only they are able to be educated on what the best action is. Long decades of experience with this belief has contradicted this conclusion. People still make unwise decisions; some unwise decisions have increased (teen pregnancy cough) despite information campaigns to change behavior.
Human behavior is a hard thing to change after all. Our behavior is learned, conditioned, or derived from social structures and values more than arrived at rationally.
The fact that people still order the same amount of food, doesn’t mean it didn’t work.
I personally go to a fastfood restaurant because I want to eat fastfood. I know already that it’s not healthy and has a lot of calories. If I didn’t want that, then I would not go to the fastfood restaurant to begin with.
When I see calories on the menu, I know how much I ate and therefore I know how many calories I ate too much. I compensate that amount later on the day or the next day… So it actually DOES work for me, because I have more precise information about how much I eat and I will compensate that amount at a different time.
If I don’t have information about how much I ate, then I don’t know how much ‘too much’ I ate and it’s more difficult to compensate the calories for me.
why do people misunderstand healthy by low calories…. i mean comeon even the guy in the video he said like the sandwich say healthy and shows the cals and says that a lot of cals… yeah they are a lot of cals but that dosent mean its not healthy. healthy means a good balance of nutrients thats it that is what healthy means it dosent mean low cals…. and on the note fruit juices are healthy too but have u ever counted the cals of a glass of an apple juice or any other juice…exactly the yare high in cals but they are healthy and there are many many other examples just research stuff not ever thing u see is real……
More useless feel good crap, while we are being poisoned by Monsanto. How about restaurant menus being labeled with GMO containing food items. This “health” initiative came out of the AFA? What a surprise!
Why da fuck is all of the food in the stores wrapped in plastic foil??
Yesabsolutely! “Amen” to your answer about plant based diet and how biased those Netflix documentaries areso obvious they have an agenda
We had reports in Scotland, where we have a population drinking problem which suggested that putting calorie counts on alcohol might have a slight effect. However it only really showed to be statisitcally prevalent amongst women; many who are already influenced greatly by society about body image.
This is totally my personal view based on anecdote.
As a Japanese who have been living in America for over a decade, I believe the portion size and perception of healthy amount of food need to be adjusted in order to resolve the obesity/overweight issue. I’ve never counted calories and rarely look at the caloric counts on food labeling but maintain healthy weight with 22 BMI. I rarely do any exercise and mostly eat what I want. However, as I have grown up in Japan, I am accustomed to a healthy portion size. As I have reached 30s, I have reduce my meal size and become more conscious about portion size in order to compensate for reduction in my amount of exercise and metabolic activity.
I am simply perplexed to see so many people, even within the viewers of HT, who still believe fat as some evil, poisonous substance. American grocery stores are filled with “fat free” and “low fat” products, yet people somehow miss the obvious irony where the stores are full of fat people who have been buying those products for years with no result. In Japan, people embrace fat as the primary source of flavor while successfully avoiding the gross obesity so common in America. We definitely have better food and health education than America since they are part of required curricula. Yet since I have never considered nor practiced calorie counting, I believe the effect of education is minimal. What is more important, in my personal opinion, is fostering healthy perception of portion size through dietary practice during childhood both in and out of home. For that, parents should reduce the portion size for the home cooked meals and restaurants and other food industries should reduce the portion size. I believe this is a very sensible proposition not only for health but for ecology because of the rate at which America waste food.
Everyone that drink water dies. While I try to stay on the “healthy” side, I do not look at calories in food. Sure, I know that once a week pizza isn’t healthy, but I’d rather live a bit than just give up and wait to die.
what’s the point of this? the objective is not to make people eat less, people are free, you can’t force them to not eat. the objective is to make sure they know that they’re the ones in full control of what they eat, and let them make their decisions. You can’t “mind control” them into buying healthier food, people are free.
Well… Giving people information ON THE SPOT isn’t conclusive, that’s not to say it may not be conclusive to run long term campaigns on the very issue…
Same with your conclusion: you argue that since 3 studies conclude to the ineffectiveness of the mesure on small samples, we should stop.
But since it’s been really really effective for me (I discovered it in the US a year ago and found it very helpful) and I absolutely love to know what I’m ordering, I feel like more information on nutrition isn’t a bad thing overall…
Wait so does this show how many calories our body actually needs? Because I use to eat a whole ass chipotle burrito and a bunch of junk throughout the day all together and was never over weight or obese and I use to indulge A LOT. Now I had a lil tummy fat but I was 109 lbs
Personally, I find menu labeling to be helpful. I have absolutely changed my mind about what I am going to order at restaurants due to the nutrition information provided. However, I am actively watching what I eat and trying to make the healthiest choices possible. Many healthy-appearing choices are actually calorie bombs, so accurate calorie information is very much appreciated. Of course, I don’t eat fast food, with the exception of the occasional Chic-fil-A salad.
Couldn’t this low variance in calorie intake be caused by the high standardization of meals offered by restaurant chains? So let’s say every menu in a McDonalds has between 750 and 1,000 calories. Once I entered a McD I already decided, that I want to eat there and most of the time I have a favorite menu in mind. If this is the 1,000 calories menu I might still order it, because the other options don’t make such a huge difference so I can stick with the one I really want. And even if I change my mind…well, the difference would still be somewhat small.
I feel this channel is depressing we hear how things are ineffective or we aren’t able to implement something.
Were our ancestors really eating fruit/veg/grains/meat/nuts on a regular basis? Hard to believe. How many animals are not eating grains but still perfectly healthy? I have no issue with grains but the science behind how important it is seems pretty unlikely. This is a refined grain you can’t just pick some wheat in the field and eat it.
Ironically the ad I got before this video was for 100 calorie snack packs.
Putting calories on the menu helps me track my calories and lose weight.
And Kiddies…Don’t forget to record your memorable meal by taking a selfie while making a stupid face.
that healthy vegan sammich has a $12 label… why this expensive item is your favorite snack
You should know that 300kcal of a cheeseburger is not the same as 300kcal of broccoli.
The whole thing about calories is a lie and the big food lobbies are trying to fool you that it’s all about that.
I can tell you that it is not.
They try to tell you that you should count your calories and everything is good. But that’s not true.
Reducing caloric intake alone? Seditary people need to move. Sitting is the new smoking.
It’s not the video that’s triggering for me. It’s the comments. Fuck pro ana/mia glorification.
WRONG THING IS THAT YOU CAN’T JUST FIND ACCURATE CALORIES BY CALORIMETER. BECAUSE FIBERS AND SOME OTHER INDIGESTIBLE STUFF COUNTED ON CALORIMETER. ALSO WHEN YOU BLEND THINGS YOU ALSO TAKE MORE TOTAL CALORIES DUE TO SAVED DIGESTION ENERGY.
Menu labeling doesn’t do anything about restaurants serving a single portion that will reasonably feed a family of four.
I wonder if there are any people like me messing up those studies, since I weigh 126 or so at 6 feet tall, I intentionally buy the larger calorie item when I see calorie labels.
yeah it’s inaccurate but counting calories isn’t the only way to define healthy.
Wow my heart is (probably quite literally soon) broken. I have been putting cascadian farm oats and honey granola in my yogurt every morning for so many months! My mom buys it and she’s so adamant about health that I just figured it was healthy.
I am on a diet and have been for about 18 months and I have successfully lost 15kg. I am angry at these studies! Most people don’t care about their calories most of the time. The calorie labels are for those people who do care about their calories. You have measured how everyone responds to calorie counts but you should have measured people seriously committed to a diet who have already lost weight but have more to loose. I feel confident those people would respond to calorie labelling. I quite simply do not eat a restaurants now I do because I don’t know how many calories (or sodium) is in the food I am eating but my scales assure me it must have been a lot every time I have visited a restaurant.
Diet Plan called Custokebon Secrets kept showing up here on different videos and I thought they were scams. However after my mate follow it, and finally lost a ton of weight by using it without starving herself. I’m persuaded. Don’t take my own word for it, search for Custokebon Secrets on google.
Listening to alleged doctors talking about nutrition is hilarious. Why is the FDA allegedly doing rigorous testing on vaccines and yet allowing poisons, cancer causing agents and nano-particulates of toxic heavy metals into vaccines? Aiding and abetting in knowing & willful poisoning falls under RICO, attempted murder and more. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430660/
Many Americans are woefully scientifically illiterate and proud of it.
Source: I’m American.
I only eat out once every 3 or 4 months, so when I do, it’s an indulgence, so I don’t worry about the calorie count (especially since that’s usually the only meal I eat that day). Did any of the studies look at how frequently people ate at restaurants? That would be a key bit of information, especially with the economy not having been the best in the last decade. It would also matter what time of day or night the data was gathered, how much the menu items cost (a cheaper healthy meal might be perceived as a less appetizing dish, or a pricier healthy option might be seen as not worth the hassle, etc.).
College students want value. We look for the highest calorie per dollar item on menus.
As an aspiring bodybuilder, I really appreciate menu labels. I like to know what my macros can fit when I go out to eat. Even if it’s an estimate at best, it’s better than nothing.
Labeling alone won’t work because people don’t know what to do with the information given. What does 100g of carbs mean to the average person? How many people actually know what macros they need? Labeling without education is like giving a person the base and height of a triangle, then asking them to solve the area, but they don’t even know the formula for the area of a triangle. Why are these numbers on a nutrition label relevant to someone who has no idea how to use it?
To be fair, no one goes to McDonald’s to eat healthy. If I’m going out to eat (which I don’t do that often), I’m not trying to eat healthy, I’m trying to enjoy myself. And if you do that in moderation, you’ll probably be okay.
Did any of them look at if the amount of food eaten changed? Like, did they order the same thing, but eat less of it?
Thank You! Very simple and consistent content. God bless you!!
Live in Seattle area, I know it doesn’t necessarily stop the over eating of many people, I do find it helpful for comparison and for entering in my food diary. I always believe more info is better.
i have to say i truly feel more knowledgeable after watching this video the presentation was perfect so simple to understand and very easy to follow thank you very much. I’m a level 5 chef in the Irish naval service and looking to broaden my knowledge of nutrition.
What if the restaurants printed the total calories per person in the receipt, and added encouraging / discouraging words in big bold letters on the bottom? It’s one thing to look at your calorie intake on your own, and quite another to be under the illusion that someone’s judging you.
this comment section is disgusting and I hope you quirky idiots realize how much harm you’re doing by normalizing your horrible behaviors and how much you’re impacting others as well as yourself
Claim: I know eating fast food is unhealthy.
Hypothesis: why I would order more if given more information…
If I assume blindly that it is bad for me, I will try to limit my consumption with an internal subconscious decision. If I’m given facts that state ‘this burger meal is 66% of my daily calories/fat/salt/whatever’ I’ll say…”that’s fine, I’ll make up for it with a lighter…whatever next meal…breakfast etc.” because we tend to put less weight on negative memories than positive ones; “I will enjoy this burger now” and “I know dieting is crappy” have different weights in my decision matrix, and I will lean on the endorphin hit over the weak memory of diet pain every time.
Now…couple that with me being a super-heavy-fast-food-user (more than 4x a week easily) and that decision is repeated every time I go with no real memory of the compounding effect that the poor choices have.
People should already know what the calorie count of their food is.
Thanks a lot Mr. Correy, this is the perfect videos to learn and remember the basics components of nutrition. Very clear and understandable layout!
Me in July 2020: how does this video dislikes
also me: why isn’t anyone wearing masks????
again, pushing false information based on trash science. Vegetables aren’t the way to nutrition and health. Eating less grains, sugars and starches are the way to optimal health as well as increaing your sources of animal product consumption and fiber. Fruits are pretty bad for humans these days and all the plant matter that people are pushing these days calls for monocropping massive areas of land and killing the microbiology and microforests that was once there and chemically farming that razed area which is bad for the atmosphere and the planet as a whole. I wish people that were genuinely interested in their health would actually delve into the research themselves instead of bleating the same old refrain they’ve always heard like some kind of parrot. Eat liver, spinach, eggs and get off the high processed junk and you’ll see improvements in your health and performance like you’ve never experienced and few will.
Guys. lost crazy amounts of weight does not need to be hard (I used to think it did). I’m going to give you some tips now. Get a popular fat burn diet plan called Custokebon Secrets (do a search on google). Thanks to it I have lost a ton of fat. I probably should not even be talking about it cause I do not want a lot of other guys out there running the same game but whatever. I am just simply in a great mood right now and so I’ll share the wealth haha.
ergh… this video felt like it was missing the biggest picture of all… that people have behaviors and cravings…
If I want a burger from McDonalds because I’m CRAVING for one, I’m gonna go get it. I already KNOW that it’s bad for me, yet because I crave it, I’m only human and I’m going to take care of my cravings.
If I’m already set on my choice, and I arrive at the place, handed info on calories and whatever, I’m still going to order my burger.
Cravings do not always follow logic (or what’s “best for you”).
Besides high calorie count, what I find most annoying is the amount you get and prices at restaurants (the sit-down type).
Depending on the place, sometimes you order something that is more than one servings. So if I get a dinner plate, the food on my plate might actually be worth two meals (and not one).
I’m trying to eat healthier/better and one of my main problems is portion control (not so much as to what I eat). I need to learn better to control my taste buds and take food home with me rather than eating the whole thing then and there. I personally wish dishes were smaller (WITH smaller prices), but people like more “bang for their buck”… so I guess I’m going to have to try and control myself better… ^^;
The first sentence of the video got the problem down right: “We’re eating too much”. It’s not always about high calories but the amount we eat.
(But yea there are a lot of foods in America that have high calories because of preservatives):/
Also male pattern baldness treatments video please. I go to baldness clinic doctor says will fix, no worries, very few side affects. I check with regular doctor he says will never work, more side affects and costs too much money. One thing is for sure it does cost a lot of money. Who should I be believing?
I tend to buy what has the most calories per dollar. More food for the price.
In addition to the quantity of calories, I would also focus on the quality of calories.
Ontario Canada introduced menu labelling in all restaurants this year. It has had no effect on my or anyone I know’s ordering. It has made me feel guilty for eating it, though. The big controversy when it first came in was that it would be damaging to people trying to recover from anorexia and bulimia. They would be assaulted with calorie information wherever they went to eat.
I am a huge fan of Calorie counts. I am not trying to lose weight and am instead trying to gain weight. When I make anything myself counting Calories is very easy but when I go out to eat I am left with a vacuum instead of any information. From what I understand my locality has recently legislated requirements for Calorie counts and I, personally, cannot wait for this to be fully enacted.
On the topic of calorie labeling being potentially harmful: Many people with eating disorders or food related anxiety already obsess over calories, having the calorific content of your food shown to you with every food item that you buy/order can be hugely harmful in facilitating this.
I’m a pescatarian and I recommend this video to my friends and also recommending to watch The Game Changers in Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81157840
people are fat because they don’t know that they are eating calorie dense foods. Obviously we need to label the foods with huge warnings. And people still smoke so many cigarettes because they don’t know that smoking is bad for your health. We need more warnings and labels! Also men rape women because they do not know that rape is bad, thanks to our rape culture. We need to tell men that rape is bad Also teenagers are dropping out of school because they don’t know that education is important. We need huge government programs to inform people that education is a good thing!
Nobody knows any of these things guys! we need more government to inform us, and we need more government regulation and more labels!
okay now that I got that out of my system, I’ll watch your video about how calorie labeling doesn’t do shit, obviously, because everyone but the IQ <60 know why they are fat and what foods to avoid, they just choose not to do so.
Very informative presentation. I learned a lot! Huge thanks!
This was an amazing video, really brought light to a lot of things and now I have a much better understanding of things. Thank you very much bro really appreciate it.
So, basically, people don’t care. And those that do get screwed because the calorie count is off.
The general public has no idea how many calories they burn daily, and likely no idea how to figure it out. This is why merely telling people how much they’re eating in one meal is almost meaningess.
For people who already know how to track their caloric intake and monitor they’re weight (and thus adjust how much they eat), it’s a wonderful tool.
I do not care about the labeling on drugs or e-cigarettes. What the FDA needs to answer to is the amount of lawsuits and the amount of times of day the drugs are being advertised on television per day and the anger it’s causing.
Once again a great episode on an interesting topic. I often use your videos in my classes, because the topics are relevant, but most importantly because you discuss research findings in an analytical and critical manner (regarding sample and effect sizes, research design, etc.). Something that is often forgotten when discussing research. Just wanted to say thank you to all of you for all your work and helping explain difficult topics in an easy manner, I know myself and my students appreciate this.
This is just superb, I have been researching “top 10 worst foods” for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across Meyaanit Fatty Escapeify (should be on google have a look )? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got amazing results with it.
We have such laws here. I love it. This way when I find myself eating fast food I can at least avoid the mega-calorie meals.
I think there should be labeling for those who DO care, like me, because then I have to estimate how many calories I ate instead of having a more accurate figure.
Old data exists: Americans are too stupid for this to work. At least half the country voted for George Bush, twice. Then they almost elected Sarah Palin. Now large amounts of people are supporting Donald Trump.
FDA is corrupt and is needs ti be shut down why are not labeling the GMO food
Unless I missed something, it seems like there was no real distinction made in any of these studies between people in general and people who have a goal of trying to lose weight.
I live in the NYC area, where labeling is required in most restaurants. Until about a year ago, I didn’t really care about my weight. As a result, I basically ignored the calorie counts. I would sometimes even use them to find a high calorie food when I was particularly hungry.
About a year ago, I started watching my weight through calorie counting. Being able to just look at the menu, rather than having to estimate or try search for the food online has been very helpful and I wish more restaurants provided the information right up on the menu. I can also think of many instances where I specifically avoided a food, or ate only part of a food item that I would have otherwise finished, because I knew how many calories were in it.
That being said, I am concerned about the studies showing how inaccurate these labels can be..
You know what will? Let me remind you of a famous adage: “out of sight, out of mind.”
So the fda is ok with actual smoking but not E smoking ggg wonder what influences that decision $$$
Okay, calories are not your ‘enemy’ people. We need sufficient calories each day to survive and thrive. What KIND of calories you choose to consume is what you should consider. There is a BIG difference between the veggie sandwich and a BigMac. xxx
There are better uses for that money. They need to do a cost/benefit analysis on the menu changes. For the negligible gain, it increases costs across the board for restaurants.
It could also be argued that full menu disclosure of ingredients in each dish could prove more helpful. Anyway, it sounds too intrusive to me for minimal gain that has nothing to do with government. We do NOT need more, we need much less regulation.
♥
Could you do a video on health outcomes of out of hospital births? Thanks.
Nutrition facts are great, they just don’t help people that don’t care about nutrition.
Can not trust the food lables!!!!!!! They lie and they get away from it!!! Why? Because FDA is backing them up!!!! Look around you and see how many people, specially how little kids are suffering from illnesses/ diseases that it did not even exist 100 years ago!!!!! Something must change…and we the People can only do that by only buying the healthy and right food products…. All cereals( in reality they are chuck of GMO GRAIN CHUNK loaded with toxic sugar white or brown does not matter)in the boxes, canned foods with high sodium and a lot of preservative jammed in a aluminum cans, non organic meat, non organic fruits, non organic egg and much more loaded with pesticides ( have you ever thought what does pesticides do to animals…they harm people’s body 10 times more)…any convenience, boxed, canned, frozen and conventional toxic products must be banned from our food, GMO must be removed from our foods. Important toxic product from Japan, China and more other countries must be stopped from entering to our country and lifes. Eating healthy food and have access to organic fresh reasonably priced, not processed food is our simplest right as a human being… Stop buying junk food. Do not feed your kids with these stuff, if you do it, you will see the consequences in a very near future that are not reversible and you will regret it…stop it right now!!!!! Eat fresh, healty foods!!!!
1) I used to regularly buy a mocha drink at a coffee chain until i realized it was over 900 calories! I stopped
2) I always knew the golden arches did not serve healthy food and ate about 4-6 times a month, but when they started labeling I definitely became more aware and less likely to go there especially since i have a kid…but did I stop completely. No. Just reduced the number of times.
3 ) I love your channel and how you present the research:)
People dont understand calories that’s the problem. It’s just a meaningless number to a vast majority of people especially in a bigger is better culture like the US. You should do a small survey of about 100 people to see how many people even know what calories are and then how many of those,25 that do can really compute what it means in relation to nutrition.
“carbs are the main source of fuel for our bodies…” really? how come they are not an essential macro nutrient then? if you stop eating carbs nothing happens, you will be healthy. if you stop eating protein or fat you DIE.
Hi there, have you thought about this diet plan known as the Custokebon Secrets? My mate says it helps people lost crazy amounts of weight. Is that possible? I also read numerous good review about this diet plan. Thoughts?
The two obvious problems with calorie counts: It only helps if you already care, and most people’s diets do not consist mostly of eating at restaurants. Number two is very relevant. It doesn’t really matter much to me how much I’m eating when I eat out, because it’s a treat already. Impacting what people eat at restaurants would do very little to their overall health compared to changing what they eat on a daily basis.
Just a thought, maybe the studies are a bit biased towards people who ended up ordering from the restaurant. I find myself changing restaurants towards healthier ones based on the information, so I wouldn’t be included in the study’s numbers because I didn’t end up ordering anything anyway. Besides how different are my choices when eating at a fast food place when most of what they offer has high calories leaving me with very little possible variation to limit my intake.
well watching calories is the new failed diet plan. keto diet is proven by smaller independent studies to work, because it turns the body to a more efficient energy source called ketose, which is 70% more energy efficient than glucose, and has been shown to help increase energy, brain power, and a amazing fat burner.
some of the great phlisiphers like socrates used the diet.
now, the question is: why can’t the FDA promote a proven diet that actually works with the most people? the answer is BIG PHRAMA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO BE HEALTHY, THEY LOVE SICK POPULATIONS AND THEY HAD THE FDA UNDER THEIR CONTROL FOR DECADES NOW!!!!!!!
so, fuck this bullshitting commissioner of the FDA, hes a fucking idiot if he thinks his degree is above the people of the united states of america!!!
“It seems odd to do studies, note they don’t really seem to work, and say we should keep doing the policy. It sometimes feels that that’s the theme of too much nutrition policy in the United States these days.”
SO true….
some places already do this, and i just ignore it because it’s simply annoying. since i have food allergies, though, what i would be interested in is a list of ingredents.
Guys, losing weight does not have to be hard (I used to think it did). I’ll give you some advice right now. Search a diet plan called Custokebon Secrets. Seriously, that course has transformed my life. I probably should not even be talking about it cause I don’t want a bunch of other guys out there running the same “game” but whatever, I am in a great mood today so I will share the wealth haha.
If information doesn’t make people change their behavior then why is smoking so much less than it used to be? Part of the problem is that counting calories is a time consuming process and a lot of people who lose weight gain it right back. I think it’s more about avoiding certain items like sugar and other empty calories rather than focus on calories themselves. I don’t count calories at all, but during breakfast and lunch I eat whole grains, plant based food. I don’t eat meat and I rarely eat sugar. In the evenings I am more flexible and will eat a broader range of food, but I generally try to avoid breaded foods and other empty calories. I lost 20 pounds when I switched to this diet. To lose weight I did count calories. But in order maintain my weight I haven’t had to court any calories.
Health Nutritionist Jennifer texting comment to Health Nutritionist sending a message for help….location on east side of Cleveland Jennifer texting comment is occupying is being forced due to restriction to transportation and funds limited to eat high and drink food…Jennifer texting comment is not working due to imposing radiation projected to Jennifer texting comment amongst another imposed hindrance…need help pointy ears and fangs Jennifer texting comment to Health Nutritionist….Depopulate
FDA They know about the aditive who make you constantly hungrig, by anihilate the saturat hormon in stomac.
Jesus Christ, I don’t know what to trust anymore I had mashed potatoes from stores that was only 139 calories and now I’m questioning if it was actually like 500 calories
waaa…
What about chem Trails? chem trails kill..stop spraying us. oh but lets bomb Syria. for same crimes.
I like the new graphic update and the citations! Keep up the great videos guys.
The study should have looked at people who were actively motivated to eat better. For me the menu labeling has been very helpful. When I see it it does change my decisions. I’ve gone down 5 sizes over the last year just by paying attention.
the studies done at McDonald’s:
I don’t think anyone of the participants went to McDonald’s while caring about calorie intake, heck they might have thought ‘hey! more calories per buck, what a deal!’
Any attempt to bring about social change of any type of though schemes that focus on individual action and choices are doomed to failure. The 1001 systematic thingies that nudge things towards the worse way will still be there. Trying to tackle obesity using shame has been tired for decades and it has been at best uneffective if they want to exactly do something rather then just feel smug they have to try other levers.
Does anyone have any tips for teenager trying to loose weight? Or are they the same for adults?
I feel like the declared calorie count should always have a percentage more added onto it to take in account the discrepancy.
Plz sub to.my channel.for poetryyour subs means alot..
I’m really worried about the impact of menu labelling on people recovering from EDs. Many of us have to put a lot of effort into avoiding calorie counts because it can easily trigger a relapse. So aside from the financial cost, there are other costs to requiring menu labelling. I don’t know what the right answer is, mind you, and I see how they can be helpful for many people.
Calories don’t mean jack. You have to see a full ingredient list to actually know what you’re eating. And when I got to the point that I was reading labels for ingredients to try and cut processed foods and preservatives, I just stopped eating at places like mcdonalds all together. It’s just gross.
My main stay right now if I’m out is Panera. They’re making an effort to cut the junk out of their food and they have good veggie and vegan options.
Just because mcd’s is telling you how many calories is in that grease patty, doesn’t mean you actually know what’s in it. And besides, if you really want a burger and fries, you’re gonna order a burger and fries, not a grilled chicken salad.
Also, don’t go to mcd’s. They refuse pay their workers a livable wage, claiming they can’t afford it, even though their ceo makes upwards of 9mil a year. That’s ridiculous and shameful. They don’t deserve your patronage.
I’ve literally heard my brother say that he always buys the higher calorie items so that way he gets his monies worth.
He srsly is of the opinion that low calorie items were intentionally put there to rip people off.
I use calorie labeling to get the most calories for the dollar. I am poor and skinny.
Who uses a p-value of 0.07? Use 0.1, 0.05, 0.01, or stay in imagination land.
Labels help in one area: assisting people who are already trying to lose weight track the numbers. For those not interested or not working towards it, they’re ignored.
I’m going to offer a few different counter-points that weren’t addressed by this video based on my anecdotal experience:
1)Culture change takes time. I remember when I first started seeing calorie counts in some restaurants, I didn’t pay much attention because the numbers meant little to nothing to me. I had little to compare them to, and didn’t know how many calories I should have on a daily basis. However, once I became slightly more health conscious, I remember being amazed by the calorie counts. There are so many different items that are astoundingly bad for you that I never would have guessed. It was incredibly beneficial to me in my dieting path, but you may not have picked up on any changes I made during one of those studies because…
2)Having calorie counts at restaurants made me less likely to eat at certain restaurants, not necessarily choose the healthier option at the restaurant. I used to love to eat at Taco Bell. It’s cheap, I like the taste, and I figured that the bean burritos I got weren’t that much worse for me than anything I could make at home. However, once I found out the actual calorie counts of certain items, I realized how many more calories I was eating than I thought, and now I only go there if it’s a cheat day. Meaning I’ll eat there less frequently, but when I do, I’m more likely to eat an additional hundred calories or so.
3)When I am tracking calories and I eat out, even if I don’t choose the healthier option, the calorie counts still help me. This is because I now know that I just ate 1200 calories for lunch and will make sure to have a light dinner.
Obesity is such a huge issue in the United States, that when you take into account the medical expense, lost productivity and loss of quality of life, anything that helps in reducing calorie intake by a fraction of a percent will still pay huge dividends. If it’s costly to businesses, subsidize it. If they aren’t posting true calorie counts, enforce it. If there’s a large range in what might be served as a serving, put the range on the menu. Because there won’t be enough studies of sufficient scope and rigor to prove that calorie counts are effective in any form at reducing weight for many years to come. And without that proof that they aren’t effective, the guess that they should be is enough to warrant almost any reasonable cost spent on it.
and this is why I’m terrified to eat in restaurants and usually order a salad with no dressing, croutons or cheese/meats if I have to eat there. Mostly I’m praying they can’t screw that one up too much with extra calories.
Calories are not nearly harmful for health as cholesterol, saturated fats and eating animals and drinking animal breast milks in general. There should be warnings next to any animal products on menus and fruits and vegetables should be promoted above all else.
The government should stop subsidizing foods that are destroying peoples health, the planet and propagate animal slavery. If people could buy a bag of apples for $1 and the carcass of an animal was $100 we would see an extremely healthy, long living and a higher IQ population emerge.
I think that restaurant menu labeling is more of a consumer rights issue than a health issue. We should do it because people have a right to know what they put in their mouths.
Thanks so much. I really appreciate this video and gave me the help needed for having a healthy and functional ing body. Thanks again
just order one dish you like and eat ’till you’re 3/4 full. maybe get a glass of water with it, not a sugary concoction that can serve as a meal by itself. done. no arbitrary labels needed.
I appreciate this video. I wish more people were aware of this. I’ve lost 76 pounds (and counting), &I’ve been overweight my entire life. I take my calorie counts VERY seriously. It’s so disturbing and ignorant of companies to give false information / not care enough to try.
Hey, thanks for putting the study information at the bottom of the information bubbles:) not sure if you did that before, but it helps.
Saying we shouldn’t have labeling because people do not have the willpower or common sense to change their eating habits is like saying we shouldn’t have seat belts in cars because people don’t use them. A minority of people use the labeling to great effect. People that regularly eat fast food, however, are likely not very health conscious, so they are not representative of the entire population.
Whoa there now. I lost 40lbs doing nothing other than watching the calories on the menu. I didn’t exercise, I didn’t avoid the burger, and I didn’t skip meals. All I did was find out that the food that I liked and thought was healthier, wasn’t. As a matter of fact, the salads at most restaurants are the single worst caloric offenders. Generally the only things that are worse are the pig slop burgers (where they try to put on as many ingredients as possible, think four cheese bacon burger kinda thing). Surprisingly, the regular burgers with lettuce/tomato/onion are often very reasonable. This is all information I would have never realized without it being in my face. I would have just continued to intuitively believed, salad good, hamburger bad. Sure, most people won’t even pay attention to the numbers, but I’d like access to this info without having to jump through hoops.
I think most people don’t pay attention to the numbers because they don’t even know how many calories is too much. It’s like if told me the amount of rocket fuel in a rocket, a few tons could be “running on fumes” for all I know. If people realized they were eating 2-3 times what their caloric intake should be, I think a lot of them would care. Especially if they realize that, not only can they have the burger, but they might lose weight eating it.
Personally, menu labeling sets off ED symptoms for me. It DOES make me order less calories, because it scares me.
In addition, it’s more likely for me to change what I’d order from a meal and water, to a (calorie containing) drink and side dish, where instead I’d have chosen a meal and water.
This completely misses the biggest thing I want menu labelling for: misleading perceptions. If I’m considering ordering a salad, I’m damn well not going to order it if I see that it actually has more Calories and salt than a burger, (and yes, this happens some places). I wouldn’t enjoy it anyway, and it’d be less healthy, so I’d be wasting my money. The one case I’ve seen Calorie counts was in a Starbucks at LAX, and their cranberry oat muffin had more Calories in it than their chocolate muffin. I would have otherwise considered having it, but screw the oat muffin! Chocolate for the win!
the soda tax would work if they increased it. you can’t just add 30 cents and expect results. gotta be a huge tax.
You want people to be less fat? Make food a relevant purchase again. Up the price and stop selling it in lots that are larger than what one person could healthily consume in 2 days. It would also help if we stopped designing food to make you hungry while you eat it. When I eat a pizza I stay hungry and feel more hungry right after. If I eat one apple I’m pretty much done eating.
Does anyone know that the Joule (SI symbol: J), the SI unit for energy, is the most widely-used unit for food energy outside of the United States?
Listened to this while showering going back to take notes,nutrition is important.The video can help me get into a routine,got a crazy schedule
Best video I have ever seen about nutrition. This information is really organized, to the point and well explained!
It’s all about distracting you from the poison they’re spraying in the sky..
Only 100 more calories variation? That’s 0.1 kilocalories. I think that’s pretty accurate.
Thank you very much! Even more informative than my lectures haa
I really love calorie labeling, but then, I’m already health conscious. Just recently I picked one salad over a different one because of the calorie count. I hate that some menus have “salads” that have 1500 calories. And I watched my husband order a lighter portion instead of a regular portion. Of course I know, the plural of instances isn’t data. I just personally appreciate it.
This is disappointing to hear, because personally I really like the menu labeling. But like some people have said in the comments, I use them to track calories consumed and they definitely deter me. I love french fries but I’ll go home and bake some in the oven over stopping at a fast food joint and blowing about half of my daily calories.
I really like the nutritional labels on the items at the grocery stores, the ones on the front so you don’t even have to pick up the item to give it a quick comparison to similar items. Have there been any studies on how beneficial that has been?
What about cutting subsidies to corn, milk, beef, etc. and instead offer those subsidies on healthier food choices? That seems to be the best choice.
I need to know the ingredients! Not the calories….. calories don’t matter as much as horrible additives, ingredient choices, and allergies!
We need a zombie apocolypse.. keeping skinny enough to run will then have a suitably attractive quality and encourage sensible calorific intakes in most… those unable to develop this instinct will, over time, diminish anyway…
There should be an episode on arthritis prevention and treatment.
Thanks for the Video clip! Excuse me for the intrusion, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you ever tried Dinanlinson Natural Beauty Approach (should be on google have a look)? It is a good one of a kind product for learning what to eat to look younger minus the headache. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my close friend Aubrey at very last got cool results with it.
Thank you I’m an a aspiring soccer player and I’m really wanting to begin eating healthier to help me. This helped a lot
When I’m at a restaurant, it’s usually a special occasion so I’m interested in getting something I’ll enjoy and don’t consider health as nearly as much as at home. I would ignore calorie counts, if not intentionally get the more calorific option
High Fructose corn syrup, is not a natural food, and should be eliminated. The widespread use of High fructose corn syrup ( not to be confused with ordinary corn syrup ) roughly coincides with the start of the obesity epidemic.
Now I’m gonna double over estimate my food ahhh this is making me more paranoid than I was before it’s driving me crazy
Downsizing definitely works. We also need to stop offering as much food as we do in restaurants. It’s incredibly common for me to sit down in a restaurant, order my food and a side and get asked “what do you want for your other side?” or “would you like a soup or salad?” I never do, but because I’m already paying for that extra food I order it. If my bill got smaller for passing on a 2nd side I’d just have less leftovers.
I know I’m in the minority here, but I personally wish the menu calorie labeling wasn’t a thing. Why? Because as someone who is in recovery from a restrictive eating disorder, it’s incredibly hard for me. I fight myself hard not to count calories. I get that for some people that’s a really healthy thing to do. For me it is not. Not when my goal for years was to stay between 300-500 calories a DAY. I was obsessed with tracking everything that went in my mouth. In residential treatment (I’ve been 3 times) they always tried to shift our mindset away from calories, and instead just focused on nutrition. So for me, that means a meal plan based on exchanges. Like breakfast might be 2 grains, 1 fruit, 1 fat, 1-2 dairy OR meat/protein, and 16oz fluid. I’ve tried with time to shift more to “intuitive eating” (eating what I want, when I want, and stopping when I’m full). But I CAN’T start counting calories again or I get obsessive about it again.
So when I transferred to a school that had calorie counts above everything in the dining hall? Or when I go to a restaurant to see the calorie counts on the menu? I know I’m in the minority, but it makes things really, really hard for me. I know, I know, don’t focus on it. It’s hard not to when they are in my face. I’ve trained myself NOT to look at the nutrition labels on boxes (and for a long time? I’d black them out). I work really hard to not fall back into calorie counting as it is not a healthy behavior for me. And menu labeling makes an already hard thing (eating meals) so much harder.:/ So I really wish they weren’t on the menus.
Maybe we should try not making sugar/carbohydrates a dietary staple.
This was a really good video with amazing content, here is another video I found regarding similar content, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJP4CQnddRo
YOU EVER HEARD OF BUBBLE LUNG. E CIGS. ARE THE WORST EVER MADE
This was an interesting video, thanks! I have been calorie counting for over a year (and have lost 100 pounds in 18 months!) but I’m not surprised that posting calorie counts on menus is having little to no effect on helping people lose weight. Only people who are serious and committed about losing weight can do so. I guess I’m glad to have the calorie counts, but I find more often than not they make me extremely nervous. I met a coworker for dinner one night and the place we chose had calorie counts on the menu. I had done some research and selected what I thought might be a lighter dish-but when I got there the menu said it had 1200 calories! I ended up with two sides and still spent the evening anxious about how many calories I had consumed. It is truly outrageous how many calories some restaurant meals have. 1200 calories for a single dinner! My daily limit is 1500.
Menu calorie labeling has the right ideas, however I do not think it will work in today’s society. There are several different factors on who it affects and who may like the idea, but overall, it is a waste of money. There are already some restaurants whom have calories labeled on their menu. From the people I know, they see the numbers, but don’t do anything about it. More than likely if you go to a restaurant, there is a certain food that sounds delicious that you will choose to eat. Just because you see the calories of it usually won’t change your mind, but just make a person feel worse about themselves and may even be a downer. I understand it is important for Americans to begin to eat healthier, but calories aren’t everything. A food can be low in calories but still extremely bad for you. It can be packed with fats, sodium, and excess sugars but read a low calorie number. It is important to know the nutrients in the food, like the amount of fats, proteins, and carbs. I like how the video pointed out that waiters and waitresses instead asked if customers would like to switch out a side for a less starchy one. By doing this, they are decreasing their calories. Decreasing calories for obese people is important, I just believe there are other ways to do it rather than menu calorie labeling.
Why would I create a diet plan myself when there are people who certainly do that better then me? Visit NextLevelDiet and get your personalized meal plan.
We go out so infrequently that we order what ever we want regardless of calories.
Pretty sure if you are going into a fast food place you aren’t caring about calories. You are caring about getting food for cheap.
When I go out to eat, it isn’t to eat healthier. I got out because I want a certain food item or items. Telling me the calorie count on my favorite pizza and giving me a lower calorie option, isn’t going to change what I order.
I suspect that what I fix and eat at home may become healthier over time, but what I eat in restaurant won’t. Caloric labeling in restaurants will on take effect slowly, over generations much like prejudice has taken generation to change and we still aren’t there yet.
Even if it doesn’t change my behaviour (I’m going to order my usual regardless) I still want to know what’s in it and how caloric it is. Should be transparent
It’s more about carbohydrates and the entirely upside-down Federal food guide. Get current with the readily available science on ketone bodies and how Type II Diabetes can be managed (essentially cured) without Insulin; not to mention multiple other health improvements including for ASD cases.
Counting calories is an absolute joke compared to the science of ketosis.
“The Magic Pill.”
https://youtu.be/uxqOIJWOWXk
Want to end nicotine addiction? Research how #psilocybin has done exactly that..virtually overnight.
All this is ground-breaking, unless you’re supporting the Pharma-cartel’s profits
I don’t care if they don’t help obesity. it’s your right to know what it is that you’re eating
I like food with high calories because exercise is my hobby beside gaming.
that muffins false calorie count was over the amount of calories i let myself eat in a day cause of the rules my ed has made
2 points.
1. when I saw how much calories were in my average chipotle order, I stopped going to chipitle nearly as much. I still order the same thing every time I go, but I go less often, thus decreasing caloric intake.
2. When I go eat out, I don’t change how much I eat at the restaurant, I just compensate for the extra calories in my remaining meals
I support caloric info on menus
I remember people saying menu labeling wasn’t working pretty quickly after it was implemented. Hearing some reasons why is very helpful.
This video was very eye opening actually. I always thought that menu labeling at restaurants was extremely effective, but this video has strong evidence that it hasn’t really helped and that blows my mind. Personally, I think menu labeling is really helpful, and has guided me to make better choices at restaurants and fast food places. I don’t understand how its not helping other people, but then again I have always been somewhat health conscious. Other people who have never been conscious are not going to change their behavior because the calories are now posted. Facts don’t change behavior. I would think people would want to better their health, and that menu labeling would help, but we are creatures of habit and it is hard for people to change. I think he made a good point in why the government continues to push this when there is clear and convincing evidence that the research and implementing this isn’t working. Also, i’m confused why companies are still so persistent in waiting to put the calories out there if the research states it doesn’t actually cause people to eat less calories. If the companies aren’t losing any money by this, then why are they still avoiding it? Personally, I would like the calories to stay on the menu because I think its worth the money that it costs the companies to put them out there. The video is stating that it is ineffective for people to better their health, but for me and other people who are health conscious it is actually very helpful.
I have never seen any kids puffin’ an E cig. I saw two kids the other day behind Waffle House smoking a joint, but no E Cigs. Still waiting for some kind of proof how harmful they are.
I swear Casey’s videos are timeless…if you didnt know the day that it was published you would think that it was made yesterday….the camera work, lighting work and editing work is incredible
I have noticed the calorie labels on menus and it has never changed what I ordered. Americans are increasingly gaining weight and something should be done. It has been shown that just putting a calorie count next items does not work. Restaurants should look into different ways of helping their customers be healthy. Many things have been tried and a few have worked including servers asking the consumer if they would like to try a low calorie side, instead of the high calorie side people typically get. Our government has a duty to keep America healthy. There for sense they have seen no change sense the adding of the calorie charts they should try something else. Another issue with the calorie label is it is not always accurate. Scientists have taken the food from different business and checked the accuracy of the label and sadly they are not always accurate and the foods with the highest percentage of inaccuracy are the ones labels “healthy option.” Restraints could take on the responsibility themselves and change they items on the menu. Find healthier ways to make their food and encourage people to eat more healthily. The average BMI of Americans is ever increasing, at what point will something be done?
Any one tried the Custokebon Secrets (search on google)? I’ve heard several amazing things about this popular weight loss method.
If it pleases the crown could we not continue with this nanny state bullshit?
ok, if I wasn’t convinced yet that cooking at home was a good thing, I am now haha! Kinda ridic how unhealthy these things are. We don’t have any calorie labels where I live, but I don’t think it’s such an issue either.
I think like lots of first world problems we expect the government to do it for us, but really we all need to step up and make the change socially and culturally.
Misquote “It seems odd to do the research, not find any evidence and yet continue with the policy”. You sir have obviously never worked in government. There simply isn’t a culture yet in the vast majority of representative’s offices of changing minds due to evidence vs. what ‘feels right’ especially as the vast majority of voters are only going to pay attention to the headlines and not the details.
I want to lose weight but I can’t control what my parents buy
I wonder if discounts might help? Or extra food tax? I don’t know how you would want to phrase it, but I’d like to see if they could have restaurants provide a discount to people who consumed 600-700 calories or less to see if that would make a difference. People who don’t care about their health aren’t going to change their behavior without incentives. We saw it with smoking and now we have to take the same aggressive approach to stuffing our faces to death.
I believe there is some flaws in the studies being reference.
When doing this research did they take in to consideration people actively trying to lose weight.
I am in this catagory. Over the past year I have been dieting and have completely changed my eating habits, but I still like eating out. I have found there are many items on menus that seem healthy but are not. An example Applebee’s Shrimp and spinach salad, sounds healthy right? It has 1000 calories. I don’t eat those.
Another thing these studies missed are people who stopped eating at places like Mcdonalds. I am in this catagory as well. Once seeing the nutritional info and knowing how bad that food is I stopped eating there. McDonalds may some healthy chooses, like a fruit cup or something, but if I want a piece of fruit I can that get at a grocery store. For me I veiw going in to McDonalds and trying to get healthy food is like send a recovering alcholic into a bar for water.
You may think nutritional info on menu is not helpful, but for me having that imformation is very helpful and I’ve lost 95 lbs so far.
Hello there, have you considered Custokebon Secrets yet? Just simply do a google search search. On there you will discover that an awesome tips about how exactly you can lost a ton of fat. Why not give it a shot? perhaps it’s going to work for you too.
What about reducing portion sizes? I’ve never been to america but people who I know who have been have told me they can barely make a dent in their meals at restaurants.
I’m pretty healthy and have McDonalds once every 4-6 months probably, usually later at night after a few drinks.
I like to divide the calories of a burger by its price to try and find the most calories per dollar, then jam my face full of that food. Efficiency!
I like that you’re putting in the title of the study in the graphics. Great job with the videos.
I ordered the items with MORE calories as I want more energy!
I am not sure there is an exact way to measure effectiveness in these surveys. Typically when people go to a fast food restaurant they already have in mind what they are going to order. That is not always the case at restaurants which allows the caloric count on menus to be somewhat more effective. However, at fast food I really do think for a large group of people that the calorie information does make a difference. Just because they are not persuaded to change their order that day, doesn’t mean they are not going to adjust their caloric intake for the rest of the day. Putting calorie counts on menus DOES raise awareness, and it does help a lot of people who track daily calories and adjust accordingly. As mentioned before, I do not think it is fair to measure effectiveness on whether or not they change their order when seeing the amount of caloriesbecause typically people already know what they are going to order. These studies would be more effective if they followed these individuals to see how they used the calorie information. There is no argument that within the last few years there has been an increased awareness in the fast food industry about health related issues. I think it would be unfair to say calorie counts on menus are entirely ineffective. Even reading comments on this video, that seems to be the general consensus. There are always going to be individuals who do not care, but it helps a lot of people who do take this information in mind. And it is very important to try and raise awarenessit has to start somewhere!
When I go to a restaurant I just use common sense and small portions.
Lmao this was seven years ago why did YouTube recommend this to me in 2020?
Comparing the end results to foods you could have eaten should be wrong right? Saying a burger has 500 cals going off the box however it more likely has 600.. tut tut
Calories? Can we be concerned about what’s in the food? We have no right to know if theres GMO’s in our food and we can ask “what exactly are natural flavors and how are they derived?” to no avail. Why is that? There are many choices a consumer has to make to maintain their health. Calories seem to be a more common sense thing. Portion control and avoid processed foods. But how do you control GMOs when there is no labeling? Lets start with a bit of honesty FDA. Tell us what you are allowing in the food you’re approving and the side effects. Let us deal with the calories.
I’m not surprised really: I mean its not as if fast food being unhealthy was some dark secret that nobody knew about before these laws were implemented. People have known for years that those places serve crap, they just dont care.
I love calorie labeling… I’ve always had trouble keeping weight on, so whenever I eat out (which is not very often) I always grab the highest caloric valued dish on the menu:)
If all else fails, I go for the most bang for the buck: the highest calorie count per dollar spent.
I can say that I have changed what I order thanks to menu labelling. I may walk in with what I want to order, but nearly always I end up cutting back, or swapping out one high calorie food for a lower calorie one.
“It comes from the Affordable Care Act”. Therefore, it’s all bullshit.The reform of the menus will increase the prices of these foods. Mind your own business and leave the people ALONE!!
What percentage of the average diet’s calories come from restaurants?
Great video as always (depressing, but still good). I think it’s fantastic you’re putting the reference sources in the video, but I don’t think you need to read them outloud. Might as well trim the video a bit and people can read the text you added if they want more information.
Forget the restaurants! The best way to eat healthily is to make my own food! From scratch. No packaged stuff in the grocery store with misleading “nutrition facts” labels, no useless calorie and fat info on restaurant menus where I don’t know exactly what I’m getting when I order a meal. I want to be in control of what I eat!
Y’all are all suckers! My ED and I are too scared to eat any food that we don’t make ourselves. I would never, ever eat fast food cause it would trigger my bulimia on top of my anorexia.
I don’t use the restaurant info to change what I order at the restaurant. It changes the food I eat the rest of the week to still meet my goals.
Brooo I did not know that fruits and veggies were carbs… WOW
Simply cutting calories, as much as conventional (misinformed) wisdom tells everyone, doesn’t help the body lose excess fat. Starving oneself of nutrients only puts one’s body into famine mode; causing it to hold on to as much stored nutrients (fat) as possible in order to survive longer. Exercising without having enough available energy and then not having enough nutrients to rebuild damaged muscle is very bad for the body. Providing oneself with a nutrient-rich diet of healthy (and quality) fats, proteins, and minimal healthy carbohydrates (in order of importance) allows the body to self-regulate its own functions properly; such as fat storage. Gaining excessive weight by overeating primarily comes from putting anti-nutrients into one’s body. Factory-farmed meat and dairy, anything that has been heavily processed, anything which contains high-fructose corn syrup, anything with larges amounts of preservatives, and even most dairy products. Try to eat foods that exist in nature like fats and meat from healthy animals, vegetables, and non-inflammatory carbs such as low-sugar fruits, carrots, and sweet-potatoes. I’d highly recommend looking up a paleo diet, or,my favorite, the Bulletproof Diet. Don’t trust marketing or food packages. Look toward individuals who have done the experimentation on themselves and have done research and had great results, not what the nightly news has told you they read in an article. That type of information is often highly simplified if not completely wrong or manipulative. Good fortune in your quest for an improved quality of life!
What exactly is Custokebon Secrets? How does this thing really work? I see many people keep on speaking about this popular fat burn diet plan.
The methodology is flawed. Just because I don’t reduce my caloric intake at a restaurant doesn’t mean I didn’t reduce my overall caloric intake for the entire day.
The health department in Israel are considering labelling high calorie products with red stickers such as regular coca cola. do you think it will have the same effects of the study?
I think it’s BS. Govt don’t care about us, Why focus on Menu’s? There is a much bigger problem.
But they asked me if I wanted to super-size it so I had to take it and eat it!
I dunno.. maybe I’m an outlier, but often when I’ve seen a menu full of 1500+ calorie “meals” (a chips a drink and a fibreless burger) I’ve skipped the meal altogether and just ordered a salad without dressing. Shrugs
I hope this helps you loose weight. Being overweight or obese is wreaking havoc on your body.
alt title: How To Trick People With No Self Control Into Not Killing Themselves
In all seriousness though, it’s vaguely unsettling to think the increasingly sluggish reality of modern living has reached a point where the discussion is “Well, giving people the information they need to make the right choice isn’t working, what psychological tricks can we employ to stop people from gorging themselves?”
I don’t mean this derisively towards fat people, almost all of us have some area of pathetic self control. The convenience of modern life exposes humans as the weak-willed instant gratification seeking animals we are at our core. At some point you have to wonder if government involvement beyond mandating information availability is anything but a creepy encroachment of autonomy. Exploring deeper into areas like mandating servers to ask “Are you sure you don’t want something a bit smaller, champ?” is not only patronizing, but to me it’s overstepping the bounds of a government’s responsibility. It’s a human being’s prerogative to be unhealthy.
This is a subject that you don’t hear enough about. How nutrition is the cause of multiple diseases, including cancer.
Next up on dead fox news is what’s really in that noodle soup
I think using calories as a measurement for food consumption and calorie counting is more of a problem than people first assume.
I actually put on weight when I counted calories. Mostly because I would make up for the calories I had left over by eating more than I usually would on a daily basis.
Another thing I never got is how a 400g bag of peanuts (no shells) and a 400g bag of pistachios (with shells) have the same calorie amount? The shells must make up at least 20% of the weight if not more.
Don’t calorie count as a rule for every time you eat. Just be sensible.
The people that generally use nutrition labels are already healthy
To be honest, I tend to care more about how healthy my food is when I’m cooking it myself; when I go to a restaurant, it’s to treat myself so then, I tend to just go for something I like regardless of its nutritional value. The fact that aspartame adds its own flavour to drinks will also affect people’s choice to drink sugary drinks over the low/no sugar alternatives pepsi max (at least here in the UK) uses a relatively flavourless sweetener, while diet coke uses aspartame I’d actually consider drinking pepsi max, since it tastes practically identical to the full calorie version, but I find the taste of diet coke to be somewhat disgusting.
Another thing that would be useful would be if nutritional information included detail on carbs, fats and sugars not only in terms of their absolute content in grams, but in terms of how many calories they contribute to the final total. Different sources of calories can contain more calories but not sate your hunger as easily (hence why a person can eat an 800g (a little under 2lb) loaf of bread and feel hungry again an hour or two later, but would be unable to finish a similar amount of calories from a steak and would have their hunger sated for longer out of the food that they were able to finish. It’s far easier to avoid snacking if you’re not hungry.
I’m more concerned about what is being sprayed in our skies!!!!