The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

The second lie, according to Dr. Fung, is our belief that type 2 diabetes is a disease of abnormal blood glucose levels for which the only correct treatment is progressively increasing insulin dosages. He argues, instead, that type 2 diabetes is a disease of insulin resistance with excessive insulin secretion—in contrast to type 1 diabetes, a condition of true insulin lack. To treat both conditions the same way—by injecting insulin—makes no sense. Why treat a condition of insulin excess with yet more insulin, he asks? That is the equivalent of prescribing alcohol for the treatment of alcoholism.

And if you don’t have time to eat? Then don’t eat.

Obesity and diabetes have become a colossal health problem for virtually all native North American peoples, and the trend was already noticeable in the 1920s, decades before the current epidemic, which started in 1977.

In the case of insulin resistance, it comes down to both meal composition and meal timing

Insulin resistance is compartmentalized.

The main compartments are the brain, liver and muscle.

We know that the hypothalamic area of the brain controls the body set weight

Refined carbohydrates are easy to become addicted to and overeat precisely because there are no natural satiety hormones for refined carbs. The reason, of course, is that refined carbohydrates are not natural foods but are instead highly processed. Their toxicity lies in that processing.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS a potent psychological stressor

And so, by extension, stress causes weight gain

Glucorticoids cause muscle breakdown, releasing amino acids for gluconeogenesis, increasing blood sugars. Adiponectin, secreted by fat cells, which normally increase insulin sensitivity, are suppressed by glucocorticoids.