We discuss A Chemical Hunger – the paper presenting the hypothesis that the modern obesity epidemic is due to enviromental contamination causing widespread lithium poisoning.
EDIT – MAJOR UPDATE – It’s probably not lithium!
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[PART I – MYSTERIES] [PART II – CURRENT THEORIES OF OBESITY ARE INADEQUATE] [PART III – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS] [PART IV – CRITERIA] [PART V – LIVESTOCK ANTIBIOTICS] [PART VI – PFAS] [PART VII – LITHIUM] [PART VIII – PARADOXICAL REACTIONS] [INTERLUDE H – WELL WELL WELL] [PART IX – ANOREXIA IN ANIMALS] [PART X – WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT]
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Extracting lithium from seawater
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