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Obesity is a symptom of insulin resistance (diabetes type 2). It doesn't matter how many calories you consume, as long as you keep stimulating the pancreas to secrete insulin by eating carbohydrates and artificial sweeteners, you will keep storing fat instead of oxidizing it.

Insulin + carbs were given to underweight children in the 1920s to get them to gain weight. Rats who oversecrete insulin would invariably get obese. Rats who don't secrete insulin would become emaciated. People with hypothalamic tumors that get them to oversecrete tumors get obese.

Cholesterol does not cause heart disease. HDL and small LDL particles are markers of vascular inflammation/disease. Stop eating carbs, and start using animal fats in cooking.

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Matt 2y ago

I wondered if we'd managed to snag any Dr's yet after a discussion with someone recently. Just read your profile and glad to see we've got at least one now...there must be more though?

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vlada 2y ago

I unexpectedly lost 30 lbs on carnivore in a couple months. Ever since then, I can't stop (re)reading about the human metabolism. This just happened to coincide with a couple anthropological books I've been reading and somehow it all fell into place.

People need to realize doctors don't know anything about nutrition. That's the uncomfortable truth, I can vouch for it. We are taught to prescribe metformin for diabetes, and even though lifestyle adjustment is recommended as an adjunct, nobody actually knows what that means. The term 'balanced diet' gets thrown around because it's been marketed (who doesn't like balance? come on). Oh, and if you have 100 extra pounds, you can exercise, right?