by Michael O'Neill | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
In this segment of The Skinny on Obesity series, Dr. Robert Lustig examines the role of insulin and the adiposity of mothers in the rise of obese children (who go on to be obese adults).
by Michael O'Neill | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
One quick look at my progress and you’ll see that my weight loss is not linear (first 1/3 of the chart notwithstanding). In fact, if you look closely enough, you’ll see that I tend to gain weight, or “spike”, right before I drop again. This...
by Michael O'Neill | May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Gary Taubes writes a cover treatment in the latest Newsweek and lambastes the conventional wisdom regarding the causes of the US obesity epidemic and the addled recommendations that are proposed to rectify it. In his cross hairs are the usual suspects: too many...
by Michael O'Neill | May 5, 2012 | video
In this the fourth episode of the series, Dr. Lustig looks at sugar’s effects on brain chemistry, specifically, how our reward system (mediated by dopamine in the nucleus accumbens) is changed in response to chronic overconsumption of sugar. Specifically, Lustig...
