Mark Hyman Article Summary

Hyman (2015) clearly states that calories don not matter and further argue that if we would listen to all of the dietary tips when it comes to weight loss we all would be healthy and lean. That is not the case and we are constantly fed with many lies about what healthy food is from example mass media. He claims that the greatest lie are that ”All calories are created equal” (Hyman, 2015). When comparing the same amount of soda with the same amount of broccoli we initially understand that the nutritionally value can not be the same and that they will affect our bodies differently. This is why Hyman (2015) argues that it is faulty when nutritionist or media support the idea of that to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you eat. In a laboratory the energy from the two sources would burn the same due to Newton’s first law. This law do not apply when we are talking about the human body
The contribution of Mark Hymans article is to make people aware that all calories are not the same just because the calorie amount is the same. Different food affects our bodies differently which is important to know due to the new interest in fitness and health because people that are new to eating healthy could believe the saying that it is calories in and calories out that matter. Additionally there are many apps that help you count calories that is easy to use but it is hard to change a addiction to sugar or your eating habits which could result in people counting calories while eating the same food as they used to but only smaller portions to avoid getting out of their comfort zone or due to lack of knowledge about nutrition. If people continue to eat food that spikes their blood sugar or insulin they will not get the results they want and miss out on the nutrients that are in the food that they suppose to eat