Is the Insulin Theory of Obesity Over?
Kevin Hall, PhD, says his most recent metabolic ward study combined with the paper his team released over the summer falsifies the insulin-carbohydrate theory of obesity. The insulin theory of obesity, in short, posits that higher carbohydrate diets increase insulin secretion, which then drives fat storage and essentially “starves” muscles and organs of energy. This causes increased hunger and overeating. The reason a low-carb diet works, according to the theory, is that th
Let's Stop Talking About Whether a Calorie is a Calorie. Please?
“A Calorie is a Calorie.” Or isn’t it? Nutrition writers love to throw around arguments about the state of the calorie, as if they're overturning centuries of caloric orthodoxy. Arguing about calories is a diet guru trope because it conflates the meaning of the word calorie with the effect of the source of the calorie, but the first time you hear it, it sounds meaningful and groundbreaking. Unfortunately, the statement is meaningless and tired. So let's all agree to a ceas