Mar 31, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min · 19 segments
In a world flooded with conflicting health advice, how do you actually figure out what’s true? Dr. David Allison, one of the most rigorous scientific minds in obesity and nutrition research, shared…
If we keep saying to people, "This will help you, this will help you," and either they don't help at all or they help a very small amount, somebody who has never studied obesity, who has never studied nutrition, who's never read a paper on any of these topics, give you their very strong and convicted opinion.
Just eat between this time and this time
... just eat whole fruits and vegetables, just eat high volume, just eat low carb, just eat low fat, just eat all natural food, don't eat ultra processed.
I think it misleads people tremendously.
It wastes huge amounts of time, wastes huge amounts of resources.
You're distracting them from potentially doing the thing that might be helpful.
People will say, "Well, trust, trust the science." Do we need to trust the science?
As a process, absolutely.
But if you said to me, "Do you trust a lot of the science that comes out around dietary supplements?" No.
Here's the thing.
You don't have to learn a lot of nutrition.
You don't have to understand what protein is.
You don't have to know what a carbohydrate is.
All you gotta do is this.
How did you get involved in what you're doing now? 'Cause you occupy a very unique lane.
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If we keep saying to people, "This will help you, this will help you," and either they don't help at all or they help a very small amount, somebody who has never studied obesity, who has never studied nutrition, who's never read a paper on any of these topics, give you their very strong and convicted opinion.
Just eat between this time and this time
... just eat whole fruits and vegetables, just eat high volume, just eat low carb, just eat low fat, just eat all natural food, don't eat ultra processed.
I think it misleads people tremendously.
It wastes huge amounts of time, wastes huge amounts of resources.
You're distracting them from potentially doing the thing that might be helpful.
People will say, "Well, trust, trust the science." Do we need to trust the science?
As a process, absolutely.
But if you said to me, "Do you trust a lot of the science that comes out around dietary supplements?" No.
Here's the thing.
You don't have to learn a lot of nutrition.
You don't have to understand what protein is.
You don't have to know what a carbohydrate is.
All you gotta do is this.
How did you get involved in what you're doing now? 'Cause you occupy a very unique lane.