The Enterprise Fitness Podcast

In this week's episode of The Enterprise Fitness podcast, I tackle the debate: Why we get fat: calories or hormones?    The two prominent ways to assess and explain all mechanisms of diet and nutrition are calories and hormones.   On one side, a calorie is a calorie; weight loss or weight gain is merely a mathematical equation of calories in and calories out.    On the other, hormones and biochemistry send chemical messages to store calories in fat cells and overwrite appetite control.   Depending on perspective, and to the average person, both are accurate explanations for weight loss and weight gain. An army of experts, gurus, camps and zealots have emerged from these prominent perspectives.    In nutrition, there is no middle ground. You simply must pick a side, and if you don’t, you will be ostracised — a fate worse than death to a social media influencer. Today, nutrition is less about science and more about selecting ‘the science’ that matches your identity.    As a coach, I care less about why somethin