Food reward – Pål Jåbekk

A spark of reason

aug 16, 2011

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paljabekk

in Dave Dixon, Food reward, Gary Taubes, Stephan Guyenet

I’ve been reading through many (not all) of the comments on Guyenet’s rebuttal of the carbohydrate hypothesis. Although it can be rather tedious, especially because of the apparent mental hospital escapee ItsTheWoo2 (who does have a few good points but a complete lack of putting those point out there in a sane way), but Stephan…
Macronutrients and food reward

aug 13, 2011

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paljabekk

in carbohydrate, Food reward, Gary Taubes, insulin, insulin resistance, leptin, Stephan Guyenet

If you see one bright red swan, you are not likely to give up a theory that says that all swans are white; you will instead go looking for the person who painted it. Imre Lakatos Much is being said on this subject. Bet many are getting pretty fed up by now. But I still…
Food reward, a factor in obesity

jul 6, 2011

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paljabekk

in Food reward, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, obesity, satiety, Stephan Guyenet

“I think food reward offers the most compelling explanation for the US/global obesity epidemic.” Stephan Guynet “In studies where the food intake and energy expenditure of subjects are carefully monitored over a period of weeks to months (which tends to average out day-to-day fluctuations) a remarkable balance between calories consumed and calories burned was observed.…