But as always, correlation != causation. In his books, Gary Taubes makes an argument that the causal relationship is reversed. It's not that eating too much c

But as always, correlation != causation. In his books, Gary Taubes makes an argument that the causal relationship is reversed. It's not that eating too much causes your body to store the excess as fat. Rather it's that your body is storing necessary energy as fat before your body can use it, so you need to eat more to make up the deficit.