Week 12
“The Caloric-reduction theory of obesity was as useful as a half-built bridge. Studies repeatedly provide it did not lead to permanent weight loss. Either the Eat Less, Move More strategy was ineffective, or patients were not following it. Health-care professionals could not abandon the calorie model, so what was left to do? Blame the patient, of course!
Doctors and dieticians berated, ridiculed, belittled, and reprimanded. They were drawn irresistibly to calorie reduction because it transformed obesity from their failure to understand it into our lack of willpower and/or laziness. But the truth cannot be suppressed indefinitely. The calorie-reduction model was just wrong. It didn’t work.
Excess calories did not cause obesity, so reduced calories could not cure it. Lack of exercise did not cause obesity, so increased exercise could not cure it. The false gods of the caloric religion had been exposed as charlatans.”
̶ Dr. Jason Fung
“A study suggests that 75% of the weight-loss response in obesity is predicted by insulin levels. NOT willpower. NOT caloric intake. NOT peer pressure. NOT exercise. Just insulin
Insulin causes obesity – which means that insulin must be one of the major controllers of the body set weight. As insulin goes up, the body's set weight goes up.
Obesity is a hormonal, not a caloric imbalance.”
Kong LC et al. Insulin resistance and inflammation predict kinetic body weight changes in response to dietary weight loss and maintenance in overweight and obese subjects by using a Bayesian network approach. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Dec; 98(6): 1385-94
Action Steps:
Journal about this question: Can I have my trigger foods and the health and vitality I desire?