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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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 …
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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