[RobertClark]

So maybe the notion that a calorie is a calorie regardless of physiology and biochemistry was being a bit simplistic?

You took the words right out of Gary Taubes' mouth. I tend to agree with most of his hypothesis regarding insulin and stumbled onto my way of managing insulin by chance (and luck). Insulin at the lowest levels possible is best - for me anyway. I haven't eaten many carbs for years and have a perfect blood panel to show for it.

[neverdem]

You took the words right out of Gary Taubes' mouth.

Treat obesity as physiology, not physics (Gary Taubes) my thread

Treat obesity as physiology, not physics the article

Among our first tasks was to comb the medical literature back to the 1930s, identifying all studies relevant to the question of whether carbohydrates or excess calories cause obesity.

Human experiments are going to be done settling that question, and whether high fructose corn syrup is worse than sucrose in soft drinks, IIRC.

[1010RD]

Econtalk is a great site and here’s an interview with Taubes:

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/07/taubes_on_why_w.html

I download these to MP3 and listen on my computer as I work or drive. I’m putting together a ping list if you’re interested.