A viewer asked why some people avoid carbohydrates but still drink carbonated energy drinks — and whether our digestive system is meant to handle solid food naturally.

My answer: people overcomplicate this stuff.

In this video, I talk about calories, nutrition, digestion, weight loss, and the very simple trick that helped me lose about 70 pounds years ago: choosing one “forbidden” food I did not really care about. For me, it was tomatoes. Avoiding tomatoes forced me to pay attention to what I was eating, and that awareness changed a lot more than just tomatoes.

I also talk about gaining some weight back after breaking my arm, getting out of the gym routine, and my plan to lose 20 pounds over the next two months by getting back to exercise, running, and paying more attention.

This is not medical advice — just my personal ex ...