Professor Robert H. Lustig, MD, an obesity researcher and endocrinologist from UCSF describes the carbohydrate-insulin-obesity hypothesis, which is the idea that the high carbohydrate content in our diets is overstimulating insulin secretion, the main regulator of fat storage, causing more calories to be stored in our fat cells as opposed to burned as fuel. This, in turn, will cause the person to remain hungry since a certain amount of necessary energy did not reach the cells but rather was stored away as fat, perpetuating a vicious cycle of hunger co-existing with adipose tissue growth.
This theory was originally presented by Dr. Pennington, many years ago, and is re-emerging, through the efforts of Dr. Lustig and many others.
This theory was originally presented by Dr. Pennington, many years ago, and is re-emerging, through the efforts of Dr. Lustig and many others.
