40fit Radio

Robert Santana is back for part 2 of a deep conversation on nutrition, dieting for bodyfat loss, and fostering healthy eating habits for sustainable weight loss. In this episode, Santana breaks down the roles of the macronutrients in a weight loss situation, and explains why carbs are NOT evil (and in fact do not lead to body fat gain). He explains why it's the combination of high fat and carbohydrate -- especially in processed foods -- that leads to caloric surplus and, therefore, body fat gain.   He also offers some practical advice for very overweight or obese people who need to lose weight. Santana's approach favors a moderate reduction in calories to drive weight loss at approximately 1% of total bodyweight per week (so, for a 300lbs person, about 3lbs per week). This has proven to be a sustainable weight loss target in the short term, and ensures that the trainee will see results fairly quickly while, importantly, not keeping them in "diet mode" for too long. At this point, he will hold them steady at t