Podcast HackThe Metabolism MythBy Unexplainable, Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Belluz
In a Nutshell
In this September 2025 episode of the Unexplainable podcast, Noam Hassenfeld interviews health journalist Julia Belluz about how metabolism works and what the health and fitness industry gets wrong.
Favorite Quote
Metabolism is … absolutely fundamental to life. It's the reason we can blink, it's the reason we can walk, it's the reason we can heal wounds.
Julia Belluz
Introduction
For decades, most of the general population and many researchers have misunderstood how metabolism works.
The speed of our metabolism has been directly linked to our ability to lose weight, but the data reveals this is untrue.
In this September 2025 episode of the Unexplainable podcast, host Noam Hassenfeld and guest Julia Belluz dive into the latest research about metabolism, sharing insights about metabolism from an unlikely source: the reality TV weight-loss competition The Biggest Loser.
Belluz is a health journalist and the co-author of Food Intelligence. The Unexplainable podcast, presented by Vox Media, covers unanswered questions across various spheres.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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