Isn’t weight loss all about calories?

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We’ve been told for decades that in order for us to lose weight, we need to expend more calories than we take in. But is it really that simple?

Three of the top low-carb doctors in the world give their quick and spontaneous answers to this annoying question in the video above (transcript).

Here are the doctors in the video:

  0:16 Dr. Ted Naiman
  0:41 Dr. Peter Brukner
  1:42 Dr. Eric Westman

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