CALORIE DEFICIT IS A SCAM? Why You Keep Gaining Weight Back, Experts Explain | EP091 | Masum Gandhi



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Can the fitness and nutrition industry be misleading people about weight loss? Is calorie deficit really a scam? Do you actually need to eat six meals a day, avoid carbohydrates, or follow a strict diet chart to stay fit?

On The Masum Gandhi Podcast, we sit down with Sourav Mishra and Prashant Sharma, Founders of Healthy Nation, for a conversation about fitness, nutrition, weight loss, strength training and the common beliefs people follow about food.

From questioning calorie deficit and carbohydrate restriction to discussing protein sources, meal frequency, gym training and the importance of sustainable eating habits, this episode challenges conventional ideas about fitness and nutrition.

The conversation also explores how the guests got into fitness, their approach to nutrition coaching, why people struggle to maintain weight loss, and how to identify a good gym trainer.

In this episode:
◼ Fitness and Nutrition Industry Explained
◼ Is Calorie Deficit a Scam?
◼ Why Do People Avoid Carbohydrates?
◼ Nutrition vs Medication
◼ Lifestyle Diseases and Nutrition
◼ The Importance of Salt in Your Diet
◼ Roti, Carbohydrates and Food Habits
◼ Protein Powder vs Sattu
◼ Do You Really Need Six Meals a Day?
◼ How to Choose the Right Gym Trainer
◼ Progressive Overload Explained
◼ Strength Training and Muscle Building
◼ Morning vs Evening Gym
◼ Weight Loss and Weight Regain
◼ Sustainable Diets vs Temporary Results
◼ Building Better Eating Habits

If you’re interested in fitness, nutrition, strength training, fat loss, muscle building, healthy eating and understanding the science behind everyday diet advice, this episode is for you.

Chapters:
00:00 Controversial Fitness and Nutrition Claims
01:30 Meet Sourav Mishra and Prashant Sharma
01:59 The Beginning of Their Fitness Journey
06:26 Sourav’s Personal Health Journey
08:11 Learning Fitness Science Through Research
09:11 How Nutrition and Strength Training Changed His Life
13:53 Can Nutrition Help With Lifestyle Diseases?
14:39 Do Doctors Specialise in Nutrition Science?
15:09 What Happens When You Visit a Doctor?
18:36 Why Is Salt Important?
21:25 Why Do People Quit Carbohydrates?
22:28 Breaking Down Calorie Deficit
23:02 Is Calorie Deficit a Scam?
26:28 Can Your Body Produce Its Own Glucose?
29:52 The Debate Around Eating Fewer Rotis
33:37 Are You Eating Without Thinking?
34:39 Do You Really Need Six Meals a Day?
37:17 Why Do People Regain Lost Weight?
40:08 Is There a Shortcut to Fitness Results?
42:40 Protein Powder vs Sattu
48:38 Is Morning or Evening the Best Time for the Gym?
49:55 Food, Hunger and Eating Habits
58:24 Why Do People Struggle to Give Up Roti and Rice?
01:03:46 How to Choose the Right Gym Trainer
01:04:49 Exercise Variation vs Progressive Overload
01:05:56 How Many Exercises Do You Actually Need?
01:06:12 Can You Lose Fat Through Different Types of Exercise?

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41 Comments

  1. I m from Pakistan Sirf ek baat ka jawab do , low carbs diet se insan ka metabolism sust awr damage hojata hi , tho jitna weight jaldi me app loss kerte ho us se zyada wapis ajata hi , aur weight stuck rehta hi , slow metobolism ki wje se , give me answer ❤

  2. I am agree I lost 10 kg in 2 month just remove carbs in one meal just without exercise .I was confused after weight loss how to maintain it but now cleared i must continue my low carb diet in life time thanks bro ,

  3. Not heard anything so accurate and on pointt
    Its tough but worth looking forward
    Everything needs sacrifice and its seen that these ppl couldnt afford to trade their health just for something which is causing them harm and which will give u satisfaction just for some time i.e carbs

  4. Sorry to be a bit honest here but Prashant comes across as vain. You really need to stop trying to behave like a know it all. The host is quite pathetic and weak. How are you even hosting a health channel or interview when you know so little that you ask silly questions.

  5. Whatever he is talking about carbs and calorie deficit is not true. Ask him to provide peer reviewed scientific journals to support his claim. He is just promoting bro science to look different and cool.

  6. Don't eat non veg guys , for example if ur eating veg food from ur childhood then make changes in that only…Bcz ur genetics had got set for that food from ir childhood.Dont listen and change ur diet and shift to non veg it will create ur life hell

  7. Just eating non veg for high protein wont solve ur problem ..There is something way beyond physical health that is mental helath…Nowdays people are in constant stress.Do u know what are side effects of high cortisol? If u eat high protein diet still ur stressed its not going to work…Do u know why most autoimmune disease are common now?
    Do u know what are the things which increases the risk of premature death?
    Do u get exposed to sunlight daily? If yes for how many minutes?
    Or just u hit the gym under roof?
    What is ur fasting insulin levels?
    What are ur HOMA IR LEVELS?
    Why our ancestors lived for more than 100 years still eating carbs?
    Answer this all

  8. 51:30 Then toh why people start blabbering when bakri eid comes that means bakri eid indicating the right message …that humans need real food …and thats why meat os distributed to poor which means its providing nutrition to people

  9. Problem is carbs have made people addicted to core…like without having it people cannot fuction well mind craves for you cannot focus because your body is addicted….same like cigrate and alchohol or cocaine….so carns also is similar to it…i know there is healthy carbs but anything which is sweet triggers the wrong hormone in our body and created an addiction loop tonthe mind and we cannoy come out this loop…Also we have never heared people getting addited to protein

  10. Calling thyroid a metabolic disease is wild. Assuming he didn't really mean the gland and meant hypo/ hyper thyroidism, it caused metabolic diseases and not by itself a metabolic disease. It can be anything from an endocrine disorder to an autoimmune disease. Do not listen to this and stop medications man. Yes there are temporary causes like pregnancy, post partum etc. but it's very rarely a temporary issue.

    Yhi dikkat hai with self proclimed gurus. Inko pata bhi nhi ki dosage makes the poison. Aise toh pani bhi pina bandh kr do, water toxicity is also real.

  11. How dumb he is telling carbs are enemy. Bro carbs are not enemy it's the over eating and if you are in defeict and keep your protein high and good amount of healthy fats then the calories which are left can be used as energy and yours muscle can look fuller

  12. Sab log kuch bhi bolke confuse karke logon ko mad bana rakha hai…..if you do not sit and keep urself active and eat home cooked limited food….you will not fall sick and once sick then you will keep listening to all such bullshit and keep getting sicker,…itna complicated nahi karna hai kuch bhi

  13. Kuch bhi bol raha hai 2000 saal se hamare पूर्वज यही खाना खा रहे है और सबसे हेल्दी है… ये विदेशी लोगो का सुनके न Carbs diet का फॅड है…

  14. Right
    doctor will not always right
    But always make ur line big
    ❤
    never try to cut others and make your big.

    Try to highlight your good things Infront of audience
    rather then defaming your so called competitors.😂
    If doctor start explaining mechanism of salt sodium patient will say docsab Not knowledgeable …

  15. Calorie deficit is the best thing you can do alongside resistance training to lose fat. You can literally eat ultra processed sugars off ur nipples all day and still lose fat till the time you are on a deficit, it might not be healthy but thats a different thing. The body removes the burnt fat primarily by BREATHING IT OUT. You cant change the carbon cycle or the laws of thermodynamics.
    Low IQ gyan 😂😂

  16. इसे सोशल मीडिया की भाषा में 'FOMO' (Fear of Missing Out – कुछ छूट जाने का डर) पैदा करना कहते हैं। वीडियो देखकर ऐसा ही लगा

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