Hormonal Obesity Theory
The Hormonal Obesity Theory is a comprehensive nutritional theory that claims that the main driver behind obesity and weight gain in humans is the hormone insulin, arguing that alternative theories such as calorie counting have failed by not taking into account the effect that different foods and eating habits have on body insulin generation.
The theory encompasses some common notions from other diets such as the Ketogenic diet and Paleolithic diet by accounting for the role that they have in reducing insulin, but tries to solve some experimental inconsistencies found when studying them by introducing the existence of insulinogenic effects not accounted for.
The theory proposes that a successful weight reduction diet must focus on reducing insulinogenic foods and habits. Jason Fung proposes in "The Obesity Theory" that blood glucose accounts for 23% of insulin generation, dietary fats and protein for 10% and the remainder 67% is still not known, with possible drivers being genetic conditions and dietary fiber intake, among others.
Other hormones that influence body weight through different mechanisms are incretin and cortisol.
A powerful strategy to combat insulin generation and insulin resistance is called Intermittent fasting .
The theory was proposed and named by Canadian Dr. Jason Fung in his book "The Obesity Code".
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