![]() ![]() Los Angeles Times: Do we really know what makes us fat?Īmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition: The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic ![]() Translating that landmark publication into plain language, Apple says, via the authors, that maybe we have made no progress reversing the relentless rise of obesity over the past 40 years because we have misunderstood the fundamental cause of why we get fat. That paper explored the arguments around excess calories versus CIM as the cause of the obesity epidemic with notable balance and reflection. ![]() David Ludwig and 16 other prominent scientists and clinicians from across the spectrum of research into obesity’s causes. Written by US science writer Sam Apple, the op-ed describes for the lay reader the nuanced, scientific debate about the carbohydrate-insulin model (CIM) of obesity.Īpple’s opinion piece was prompted by a recent journal publication by Harvard Professor Dr. Is obesity caused by consuming excess calories? Or is it, in fact, the actions of our metabolism and hormones - especially elevated insulin - that make us fat?Īn engaging editorial in the Los Angeles Times is explaining that it could well be the latter. ![]()
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