Book Review: The End of Overeating

The End of Overeating was written based on the personal journey of Dr. David A. Kessler (MD) to understand the obesity epidemic, and treat ...

A Roadmap to Obesity

In this post, I'll explain my current understanding of the factors that promote obesity in humans.   Heritability To a large degree, obe...

Seed Oils and Body Fatness-- A Problematic Revisit

Anthony Colpo recently posted a discussion of one of my older posts on seed oils and body fat gain ( 1 ), which reminded me that I need to ...

Food Palatability and Body Fatness: Clues from Alliesthesia

Part I: Is there a Ponderostat? Some of the most important experiments for understanding the role of food palatability/reward in body fatnes...

I Got Boinged, and Other News

The reaction to my post " The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination " has been overwhelmingly positive, parti...

The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination

Introduction I'd like to begin by emphasizing that carbohydrate restriction has helped many people lose body fat and improve their metab...

Ancestral Health Symposium

Last weekend I attended the Ancestral Health Symposium at the University of California, Los Angeles, organized by Aaron Blaisdell, Brent Pot...