Low-carb, high-fat diets—including the popular “ketogenic” diet—may not be any more effective at keeping obesity at bay than those that balance calorie intake with energy expenditure, a SciencePerspective from earlier this year suggests. Read more:
Chettinad Super Speciality HospitalObesity is a complex disease. Obesity is the mother of many other diseases and grandmother of several other. It is not just Carbohydrates, Fats, Insulin and Obesity. It is all that and much more. However, the final common pathway for Obesity is calorie excess. No one ever gains weight on a Hypocalorie diet or an Intermittent fasting/ fasting diet.
'You are what you eat,' is a famous aphorism. Obesity is certainly related to the food we eat. But, much more important is, 'What we do with what we eat.' This is where microbiota play a crucial role. Our microbiome influence almost all aspects of our life, including how much we absorb from the food we eat. The Food we eat influences the Gut Microbiome.
Insulin is an anabolic hormone. It certainly has a role in the Overweight and Obesity epidemic sweeping USA and many other developed nations. Whether it has a facilitative role or causative or contributory role remains to be elucidated. The best way out of the current Overweight, Obesity epidemic is by adopting a 'Whole food, plant based,' diet which will help us escape from the current Pandemic and in also facing/preventing future pandemics.
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