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The Diabetes Code
I’m happy to announce that my latest book, The Diabetes Code will be released on April 3rd, which is a follow on to The Obesity Code but with information specific for reversing and preventing type 2 diabetes. As with all my books, all the information in the book has already been covered in my regular blog…
Childhood Obesity – The Epiphenomenon of Obesity Part I
Now that we have a working understanding of hormonal obesity, we can start to apply this knowledge to understand the epiphenomenon of obesity. We can use this more complete theory of obesity to understand the associations, epidemiology and secondary phenomenon of obesity in a way that more limited theories like the Caloric Reduction as Primary…
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The Obesity Epidemic – Root Causes
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