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No, obesity is a metabolic problem. And barring personal medical issues, diets of starch and sugar are the cause. [EDIT], Folks, obesity is a result of metabol

No, obesity is a metabolic problem. And barring personal medical issues, diets of starch and sugar are the cause. [EDIT], Folks, obesity is a result of metabolic disease. Obesity is an epidemic, and the science is abundant on this. This isn't a grammatic nuance, it's the essence of the global obesity epidemic that results from diet and eating habits. It's literally the foundation of the growing understanding amongst medical professionals of why low-carb diets and fasting work dramatically on this.

csours 4y ago
I feel it would be accurate to say that obesity is also a metabolic problem. The difficulty with disentangling "what is obesity" is that the body is full of feedback and feed-forward mechanisms. You can look at any part of the machinery and say "here is the problem". There are a significant number of systems that deal with adiposity, hunger, and energy management and allocation. Once we find something to blame for a problem we often stop looking. Processed carbs are not compatible with a sedentary lifestyle, that is true. But our ancestors ate carbs for generations. Many modern cultures eat carbs and don't have a big problem with obesity.
edanm 4y ago
> It's literally the foundation of the growing understanding amongst medical professionals of why low-carb diets and fasting work dramatically on this. Do you have a good source to support the idea that there is a "growing understanding" that "low-card diets and fasting work"? I'm fairly well-read on this subject (though a complete layman), but my general understanding of today's scientific consensus is that there is nothing, or almost nothing special about low-card diets or fasting. Most of the people who are purporting that these diets are somehow better (for various meanings of better) are stating heteredox views. They might still be right! (Though I doubt it.) But I'm specifically pushing back on the narrative that this is a growing consensus.

csours 4y ago

I feel it would be accurate to say that obesity is also a metabolic problem. The difficulty with disentangling "what is obesity" is that the body is full of feedback and feed-forward mechanisms. You can look at any part of the machinery and say "here is the problem". There are a significant number of systems that deal with adiposity, hunger, and energy management and allocation. Once we find something to blame for a problem we often stop looking. Processed carbs are not compatible with a sedentary lifestyle, that is true. But our ancestors ate carbs for generations. Many modern cultures eat carbs and don't have a big problem with obesity.

edanm 4y ago

> It's literally the foundation of the growing understanding amongst medical professionals of why low-carb diets and fasting work dramatically on this. Do you have a good source to support the idea that there is a "growing understanding" that "low-card diets and fasting work"? I'm fairly well-read on this subject (though a complete layman), but my general understanding of today's scientific consensus is that there is nothing, or almost nothing special about low-card diets or fasting. Most of the people who are purporting that these diets are somehow better (for various meanings of better) are stating heteredox views. They might still be right! (Though I doubt it.) But I'm specifically pushing back on the narrative that this is a growing consensus.