Posts tagged Energy Balance Model
A Unifying Theory Explaining the Obesity Epidemic

Recently, I had the delightful opportunity to chat with Dr. Robert Lustig at a conference where he delivered the main address. We had previously collaborated on a panel at UCLA in 2022. If you're interested, you can watch his presentation starting at 34:15 here. Dr. Lustig is a renowned expert on metabolism, so I took the chance to discuss my recent post on the lipid energy model with him. He shared a research paper he contributed to, promising it would clear up any confusion. The post below is a summary of that paper, which you can read here. This research brings together four main theories into a single OBS/Redox model of obesity.

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Diet, Functional Medicine, General HealthScott Solomons, DDSObesity Epidemic, Unifying THeory, Dr. Robert Lustig, Lipid Energy Model, Energy Balance Model, carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity, Processed Carbohydrates, Reduction-Oxidation Model, Reactive Oxygen Species, Inflammation, Fat Storage, Obesogen, Obesogen Model, Hormonal Disruption, Chemical Exposure, OBS/REDOX Model, Environmental CHemicals, Metabolic IssuesComment