So long as we have circulating insulin, we cannot burn fat. Once the liver and muscles are full that means more fat. Sugars and things converted quickly to sugar, spike the hormone insulin and insulin's job is to store energy. (Don't believe the lie that a "calorie is a calorie.") Our bodies handle a 100 calories of Broccoli far differently than a 100 calories of sugar or pasta. It's a hormonal problem rather than a calorie problem. Long story short, these authors laid out the true drivers of obesity and weight gain - sugar and simple (refined) carbohydrates. (Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who treats morbidly obese children, and Taubes is a science journalist). His first book, The Obesity Code, led me to Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, and Gary Taubes' excellent book, The Case Against Sugar. I was working out and doing what the "experts" said you should do, but nothing was working on the weight.
When my General Practitioner gave me a stern talking to and wanted to put me on a bunch of meds, I knew it was time to make a change. I was depressed, overweight, and in general not a happy camper.
In 2015 into 2016, standing on the smoldering ruins of my 23-year marriage, I took a hard look at my life and found some things that I needed to change. Divorce and other major life changes make you re-examine many things in life.
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