Our bodies handle a 100 calories of Broccoli far differently than a 100 calories of sugar or pasta. It's a hormonal problem rather than a calorie problem. Long story short, these authors laid out the true drivers of obesity and weight gain - sugar and simple (refined) carbohydrates. (Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who treats morbidly obese children, and Taubes is a science journalist). His first book, The Obesity Code, led me to Robert Lustig's Fat Chance, and Gary Taubes' excellent book, The Case Against Sugar. I was working out and doing what the "experts" said you should do, but nothing was working on the weight. When my General Practitioner gave me a stern talking to and wanted to put me on a bunch of meds, I knew it was time to make a change. I was depressed, overweight, and in general not a happy camper. In 2015 into 2016, standing on the smoldering ruins of my 23-year marriage, I took a hard look at my life and found some things that I needed to change. Divorce and other major life changes make you re-examine many things in life.
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