(November 27, 2014 at 7:24 am)Aractus Wrote: The point is, psychoslice, that we already do know a lot more than what you let on about, for example:
“Leptin is the primary signal from energy stores and exerts negative feedback effects on energy intake. In common obesity, leptin loses the ability to inhibit energy intake and increase energy expenditure; this is termed leptin resistance.” (Enriori et al., 2006, p. 1).
Obesity is caused by leptin resistance, not by overeating. I don't see how you can't grasp that simple fact. Type 2 diabetes is caused by insulin resistance, and in its case it's true that insulin resistance is caused by the prolonged systematic over-consumption of dietary sugars; and thus it's generally considered preventable. In the case of obesity, we now know that over-consumption is not the cause of leptin resistance, it is specific food types. I.e. foods that activate chemical signals which block leptin. Lustig, for instance, believes there's evidence to show that insulin blocks leptin, and that the higher one's insulin levels are the higher their resistance to leptin will be. Leptin resistance is the cause of over-consumption, not the other way around.
The thing is that I do agree with you on one level, but most obese people are fat because of bad eating habits, I can agree with you on your level, but can you also agree on my level, and if you can't, then I also cannot understand how you cannot see that.
