Obesity, Lipostats, & Fact Checking Diet Books with Stephan Guyenet

The Better Show brings Stephan Guyenet to the show this week to
talk his new book The Hungry Brain. Stephan has a BS in
Biochemistry and a PHD in Neuroscience, with over 12 years in the
neuroscience research field. The founder of Red Pen Reviews, an
unbiased, non-profit, evidence-based review company that scores
popular health and nutrition books available for the public based
on their sources. We begin chatting about the evolution of diets
and the level of obesity in society, as well as the changes that
have driven the BMI increase over the past century. We venture
into the science side of the episode to talk about Lipostats, the
Hypothalamus and the brain stem. We discuss the behavioural side
of obesity, and the reward circuits related to highly palatable
food and consumption. We explore the solutions available to lose
weight, and what are the best options for differing levels of
obesity. We finish off the episode by talking about debunking
sources and misinformation around nutrition and health.


 


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Episode Overview: 


0:00 Introduction

2:00 Stephen’s Discovery of Obesity Research

8:00 Brain’s Impact on Hunger & Obesity

19:30 When Fatness is a Good thing

23:30 Obesity from an Evolutionary Lens

32:00 Historical Trend of Obesity

56:00 Lipostat & Leptin

1:09:00 Brainstem’s Satiety Role

1:33:30 Tools to Circumvent Weight Gain

1:48:30 Red Pen’s Empirical Reviews

2:12:00 Conclusion



 


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Stephan's Links:


The Hungry Brain Book Link


https://www.redpenreviews.org/


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