A nice discussion with Lindsey Elmore on a biological switch that regulates our weight. When it is turned on, we try to convert more of our foods to fat, and when it is turned off, we try to turn more …
Podcast – The “Get Lean Eat Clean” Podcast with Brian Gryn
A discussion of the biological survival switch controlling weight gain, the role of fructose from sugars as well as other foods that do not contain sugar. On beverages including artificial sweeteners, and sugary beverages, and on the protective effects of …
The Great Controversies – Challenging the Insulin Hypothesis
One of the more important hypotheses on what causes obesity is the insulin hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, obesity is not driven so much by the amount of calories we eat, but rather by whether the food we eat stimulates …
The Black Sea, Early Agriculture, and one more likely reason we Get Fat from High Glycemic Carbohydrates
For several million years our ancestors were hunter gatherers, living on game, wild plants and honey. Then, around 10 to 11 thousand years ago, the first agricultural communities developed in Anatolia (present day Turkey) and around the Black Sea. The …