This is an awesome blog full of analysis and unpacking the latest scientific thoughts about diabetes and obesity – diabesity, and the central impact that nutrition and hormones have on our weight. Dr Fung has made a practice out of helping people with their weightloss and diabetes, through primarily hormonal management and using techniques that focus mainly around what to eat and when to eat. I imagine he may still use some pharmaceutical interventions, but his primary levers, which all of us have access to, lie in what we eat, and how often. He has done an excellent job in his many series of showing the shortfalls with the ‘calories in-calories out’ model of understanding weight gain and loss, citing and exploring many relevant studies in the process.
I cannot recommend reading his many series enough if you are looking to gain an understanding of how to take control of your weight.
He has many different series – as well as accompanying videos and lectures, but I enjoy reading the articles – here are a few that made the most impact to me, helping me really develop the foundation of my own understanding of these topics:
https://idmprogram.com/a-short-primer-on-how-to-lose-weight/
https://idmprogram.com/how-do-we-gain-weight-calories-part-1/
https://idmprogram.com/lose-weight/
https://idmprogram.com/historic-perspective-obesity-hormonal-obesity-1/
https://idmprogram.com/childhood-obesity-epiphenomenon-obesity-part-1/
https://idmprogram.com/fasting-a-history-part-i/
https://idmprogram.com/inflammation-and-t2d-t2d-part-1/
https://idmprogram.com/obesity-cancer-cancer-1/