Eat's Healthy

Calorie counting is often sold as the gold standard for weight loss. Track your numbers, stay disciplined, and results will follow — at least that’s the promise. But what if calorie counting doesn’t fail because of you, and instead fails because the environment is engineered against you?   In this episode of the Eat’s Healthy Podcast, I break down why calorie counting is fundamentally incompatible with modern life. Using the famous marshmallow experiment — and updating it for today’s reality of constant food advertising, ultra-processed products, addictive ingredient engineering, and calorie-tracking apps — I explain why willpower alone is no match for a system designed to create return customers.   We cover:   Why calorie counting works short-term but collapses long-term How food packaging, advertising, and recipe engineering drive overeating Why “low-calorie” and “zero-calorie” products often make things worse The psychological trap of fitness apps, food labels, and diet cycles Why humans are not machines