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The SCD1 Theory Of Obesity
New List of Additional SCD1 Regulators posted at r/SaturatedFat
There is a great discussion thread for Croissant Diet/ROS Theory of Obesity/SCD1 Theory of Obesity over on reddit. u/Magnum2684 posted a list of additional things that can affect SCD1 levels. It’s a bit confusing to me – when they say “positive” they mean “reduces SCD1 expression” and when they say “negative” they mean “increases SCD1 …
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Pu’erh Tea is a potent Suppressor of SCD1
Katie sent me this paper.1 It actually adds an interesting twist to her story that I already published. She reached out to me last week with her Desaturase Index test results. The test is here. Her score was around a 1.6, which is relatively good and significantly better than where I started out at 2.1. …
Dietary Monounsaturated Fat, The SCD1 Theory of Obesity, Part 3
Introduction This is the third part of my SCD1 Theory of Obesity series. Here are part 1 and part 2. There is a brief synopsis of the theory below if you don’t want to start from the beginning. Since I published the ROS theory of obesity, one of the most common questions I’ve gotten is, …
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The SCD1 Theory of Obesity Part 2 – The Post Obese Metabolism and What You Can Do About It
AKA The Ros Theory of Obesity Part2, Part 2 Introduction In part 1, I explained that SCD1 is up-regulated in things that are fat and that in fact up-regulating SCD1 in something is sufficient to make it store fat. Insulin is trying to upregulate SCD1 while leptin down-regulates it. The mechanism by which leptin down-regulates …
The SCD1 Theory of Obesity, Part 1 – Insulin, Leptin, SCD1 and Thermogenesis
AKA The ROS Theory of Obesity Part 2, Part 1 Introduction In The ROS Theory Of Obesity, I argued that the key determinant of body fatness was the saturation level of fat as it enters the mitochondria. In The Croissant Diet I addressed the dietary half of this equation, arguing that to lose weight you …
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