The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination

Introduction

I'd like to begin by emphasizing that carbohydrate restriction has helped many people lose body fat and improve their metabolic health.� Although it doesn't work for everyone, there is no doubt that carbohydrate restriction causes fat loss in many, perhaps even most obese people.� For a subset of people, the results can be very impressive.� I consider that to be a fact at this point, but that's not what I'll be discussing here.�

What I want to discuss is a hypothesis.� It's the idea, championed by Gary Taubes, that carbohydrate (particularly refined carbohydrate) causes obesity by elevating insulin, thereby causing increased fat storage in fat cells.� To demonstrate that I'm representing this hypothesis accurately, here is a quote from his book Good Calories, Bad Calories:

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This post was written by Stephan Guyenet for Whole Health Source.

Source: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html

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