Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

I was very fortunate to meet Dorian Yates and Kai Greene at the Expo friday and had the chance to chat for a few minutes and they were happy to give me advice.

My main question i asked them both was as i am looking to lose fat was what was their view on people saying a calories is a calorie and its all about calories in versus calories out.

Both of them confirmed what i had thought in that its not that simple and that the body uses and reacts to different foods in different ways.

I basically said how so many people (on here mainly) i read say its just a simple case of calories in and calories out and they both say thats total bull as carb cals will affect insulin levels promoting fat storage etc whereas fat/protein cals wont and will fill you up for longer and mean you wont get the insulin spike causing fat storage.

SO...........

If that has been confirmed by the likes of Yates and Greene why do so many still insist its a simple case of a calorie is a calorie??

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

You should have asked them what cycles they run instead

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

I would assume its to keep it simple for beginners, not to overwhelm them and if they want to learn more they can do their own research

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

Everyone on here knows better than a pro of course....

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

If that was the case then they would have just said burn more calories than you consume

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

Proof or gtfo....
Technically a calorie is a calorie but obvoiusly depending on the source of the calorie the body will react differently as you've stated.
Therefore depending on your goal you'll need to choose your source of calories wisely!

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

Wasnt going to go there but........................yeah

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

They're natty, didn't you know -_- lol

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

Its not me thats stated it, its what they said. Yates also touched on it in his seminar when he said when losing fat the first thing that needs to be reduced is the carbs due to the insulin effect.

So explain to me how a calorie is still a calorie??

 

Dorain Yates/Kai Greene view on cals.

I meant as you've stated in your post

A calorie is a calorie in the sense that say you need 3000 cals a day, if you get all 3000 from protein, your still getting 3000. The same for carbs and fats

Carbs, fats and protein all will provide you with the calories and the end of the day.