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We\u2019ve all heard the fiendishly simple and completely untrue colloquialism about how to lose weight: Just eat less and exercise more. The idea that all calories are created equal has been one of the most pervasive and damaging food lies in history. Not only is it completely unsupported by science, it develops a blame-the-victim mentality that tells people who are struggling with their weight that it is just a matter of willpower. In this mini-episode of The Doctor\u2019s Farmacy, Dr. Hyman talks with Gary Taubes about this topic and the history behind how science got it so wrong.\nGary Taubes is co-founder and President of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He\u2019s an investigative science and health journalist, the author of The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories. Gary is a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous \u201cBest of\u201d anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing.\nFind Dr. Hyman\u2019s full length conversation with Gary Taubes:\nhttps://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/GaryTaubes\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices