Show Notes/All Resources from Episode: https://www.flexibledietinglifestyle.com/podcast-show-notes/ In this episode, we discuss the ever-so popular debate of your calories vs. your hormones. To start things off, we talk about what is actually happening (2:01). In one corner, you have calories in vs. calories out and in the other corner, you have the hormone model. The hormone model, which is also known as the carb model, says that you get a spike in insulin when you eat carbs. However, research shows that insulin doesn’t have the role that people believe it does (6:13) and that it will raise whether coming from a carb or protein source. This is because your body sees nutrients as nutrients and nothing less or more (8:50). Moving on, we explain fat storage and the process of how your body stores body fat (9:30), as well as how our hormones affect our metabolic rate (14:49). The punch line here is that not only are your hormones are important, but will impact your hunger levels (19:13). Yes, your hormones can cause you to burn less energy but if you want to lose weight, you can drop your energy intake. Remember that you need a certain amount of dietary fat to produce those life giving hormones that are necessary to put you in the best position to succeed (22:28). Zach’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theflexibledietinglifestyle/ The Flexible Dieting Lifestyle website - https://www.flexibledietinglifestyle.com Miguel’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mblacutt/ Miguel’s website - https://miguelblacutt.com Miguel’s coaching - http://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/