Hormones, Hunger and the Ketogenic Diet
When we look back in history, we see that through the 1800’s and up into the 1950’s it was fairly common medical knowledge (and street...
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Are you struggling to lose weight? Have you lost weight only to gain it back again? Have you relied on will power to battle food cravings, only to fail time and time again? Do you blame genetics for your inability to maintain a healthy body weight? If so, you’re not alone. North America is currently gripped by an obesity epidemic. The food industry spends billions of dollars annually to convince us to eat more. Then we spend billions on the weight loss industry to lose weight.
My interest in human nature started early. As a child I can remember thinking, “Why do we do the things we do, and why do we each react so differently to the same thing?" I've been an interested observer of human nature all my life, especially in regards to weight gain and weight loss. Growing up as a skinny and underweight child and teenager, and experiencing all that goes along with that at school (when one doesn't fit the norm), I would eat and eat and eat and not be able to gain a pound. Living on a hobby farm acreage resulted in a high-activity level. I played sports and games with friends and family almost every day after school, in addition to chores, building animal pens and shelters, and exploring the backwoods. I remember looking at an overweight kid and thinking, “It's physically impossible for me to gain weight, but it's probably possible for that kid to lose weight."