What Science Actually Says About How To Lose Body Fat - Ben Carpenter - #605

Ben Carpenter is a personal trainer, researcher, international speaker, fitness model and diet expert. There are a million diets out there. All of them claim to work. Many of us have tried many of them, and many failed. So which diet is the best? What are the principles of fat loss that science agrees on as the most effective? How do we all get a 6-pack? Expect to learn whether calories are a total lie, why the weight loss industry is filled with so much conflicting advice, the 4 key components to any good diet, how there can be so many approaches to the same end goal, whether diet or training is more important, how to improve your willpower, the single most important contributor to fat loss and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:30) Our Identity Lags Behind Our Reality (09:27) Ben’s Health & Fitness Background (13:17) Why Can’t the Fitness Industry Agree on a Way to Lose Fat? (23:15) What We Misunderstand About Fat Loss (33:48) Finding the Right Balance for Taking Responsibility (41:12) Fundamentals of Fat Loss (47:13) The Science of Food Texture (54:10) Do Calories Actually Matter? (1:05:46) How to Navigate the Countless Diets Available (1:12:03) Can I Lose Fat Without Exercise? (1:15:40) How to Improve Willpower (1:25:13) Making Boring Exercise Enjoyable (1:32:25) Where to Find Ben Extra Stuff: Buy Everything Fat Loss - https://amzn.to/3YAoOA2 Follow Ben on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bdccarpenter/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices