Nutrition science is fascinating but also frustrating. Like anything in science, the facts of nutrition science can be proven. But if you wait long enough, these facts can also be disproven. That’s just the nature of science. The worldwide community of physicians, nutritionists, biologists, chemists and the like is constantly searching for answers and gaining knowledge. So, what we know is always changing.

And what we now know about nutrition science now is so far removed from what we used to believe, say, in the 90s. That means if you’re eating according to 1990s knowledge, you might not be serving yourself well. And who knows what truths we’ll uncover in the next 20 years! But it’s likely that some of today’s nutrition recommendations will become moot. That’s just the nature of the science game.

But hang onto your hats. Because keeping up with the facts is hard enough, but it’s even more difficult to separate fact from fiction. There are an infinite number of opinions about what yo...

The message of this entire blog post is found in the title: don’t count calories. Ok! Thanks for reading!

Ok, but seriously … counting calories gets a lot of attention. I mean, even Oprah counts calories. She’s on Weight Watchers, now marketed as WW (very sexy). And Oprah is the q-u-e-e-n. So, she must be right.

Oprah’s weight loss secret

Oprah confirmed that she lost at least 42 pounds over 18 months following the Weight Watchers SmartPoints plan. Points are based primarily on calories, but Weight Watchers doesn’t divulge their secret “points” formula. And Oprah wants you to know that she eats bread! Every day! And still loses weight.

Oprah has been remarkably transparent about her struggles with her weight. Her fight against obesity has lasted at least 30 years. And Oprah has more resources than almost any person on Earth … seriously! So, if the answer to her decades-long battle with weight gain was as simple as “count calories,” why did it take her so long to lose weight succes...