Instant Genius Podcast: Calories, with Dr Giles Yeo

Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’s Dr Giles Yeo.

Giles tells us about the history of calorie counting and whether there’s such thing as ‘good’ and ‘bad’ calories.

And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Giles on Instant Genius Extra.

On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Giles tells us about the obesity epidemic and the dangers of diet influencers.

Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:

• Sleep, with Dr Matthew Walker
• The science of pain, with Dr Monty Lyman
• Forensic anthropology, with Prof Sue Black
• Personality change, with Dr Christian Jarrett
• Hidden geometry, with Jordan Ellenberg
• The Neanderthals, with Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes

from... sciencefocus.com