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The Carbohydrate Model of Obesity
There's this segment of our space that talks about this insulin model of fat, right? It's insulin we need to control. It's insulin that causes fat gain. Now I think to the cognitively dissonant out there, get ready. So if you look at the carbohydrate model of obesity, it was first kind of popularized by Gary Taubes. Here's why. When you eat carbohydrates or they've changed it out of processed carbs, because I guess they couldn't hang their hat on the carbohydrate thing anymore. Then drives in inhibits lipolysis and drives fat into adipose tissue. And since insulin is high, your energy stores are not accessible to the rest of your body.