Carbs, Calories, and the Tomato Trick That Helped Me Lose 70 Pounds

Chat with Greg Fridman · Apr 30, 2026 · 6m

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…