During the 2008 Olympics, many outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post reported that Michael Phelps was eating 12,000 calories a day.
The problem: It wasn’t true.
But it highlights one of the largest problems in nutrition, which is that we suck at knowing how much we ate.
Today we’re providing a solution. We’ll cover:
The science of how incorrect we are when we estimate what and how much we ate.
Who is most likely to be most wrong in their eating estimates.
The three reasons we tend to get food estimates wrong.
Why knowing your intake matters.
A skill you can use to know what you really ate.
How to use the information so you can lose weight, gain it, maintain your current weight, or fuel a workout.
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