For scheduling reasons we actually have 2 podcasts this week! On this episode of the podcast we have Dr. Stephan Guyenet. Stephan holds a PhD in neuroscience, and is one of the key people in the totality of the paleo/ancestral health scene. He is the author of The Hungry Brain, and used to blog at the well known Whole Health Source. Join us as we talk all about neuroregulation of appetite, how your brain regulates how much food you eat, and much more!
Download a transcript of this episode here (PDF)
Guest: Stephan Guyenet PhD
Website: StephanGuyenet.com
Twitter: @whsource
Book: The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
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Martin says
How refreshing to hear the discussion of the topic without a single mention of insulin or other hormones. Folks like Taubes overcomplicate so much. Exercising moderation and self-control is all it takes.
It’s also great news that sugar is not a problem if in a calorie non-dense contexts, e.g. adding it to salads instead of olive oil would work just fine. It’s all about caloric density, after all.
We all know that we feel just as well physically and mentally and our health prospects are just as good, whether we eat high-carb low-fat or low-carb high-fat.
Bonnie says
do I use the same amount of almond flour as Gold Medal enriched flour ?
kem says
Interesting we didn’t hear about the elephant n the room; the huge number of (physically) hardworking people that become fat and obese after exposure to sugar and refined flour in just a generation or two. It is very obvious here in NZ and Taubes meticulously describes this in GCBC with regards to many other people.
Not talking about the body’s interaction with the myriad of hormones it produces is a waste of time, IMHO.
Martin says
Kem, hormones do not matter, it’s all about neuro-regulation of appetite.
Sugar is also not a problem unless your brain classifies it as hyper-palatable.
In the end you get fat or sick if you overeat. Insulin resistance is clearly induced by the brain in response to overfeeding.
Dr. Guyenet brought some much enlightenment to this topic 🙂
Robb Wolf says
1 Only quibble I have is the neuroregulation of appetite is largely driven by hormones! folks get into a false reductionsim here…calories matter, hormones matter, sleep matters…it ALL matters.
ivor cummins says
Exactamundo Robb !
The brain is like the ECU in an automobile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_control_unit ) – it responds to myriad sensor signals, integrates ’em and controls accordingly. Do I blame the ECU when bad fuel, oil and environmental conditions send chaotic signals to it? No. I blame the machine inputs primarily (macros/nutrition/sleep/UV blah blah blah). People should think more about the cascade of cause…and the addressable inputs… 😉
Best
Ivor
Squatchy says
Coming from a former engine management tuning instructor, I agree 🙂