The Metabolic Storm · the Science of Your Metabolism and Why It's Making You Fat by Cooper, Emily -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title page Introduction CHAPTER 1 Fat Prejudice: The Last Acceptable Bias

BMI: FULL OF FLAWS BEING OVERWEIGHT IS NO PICNIC WEIGHT IS NOT THE PROBLEM, IT’S A SYMPTOM THE DIABESITY EPIDEMIC WHO’S HEALTHIER? WEIGHT AS A STIGMA BREAKING THE SPELL

CHAPTER 2 The Diet Myth

IT ALL COMES OFF ATHLETE AT THE STARTING LINE TANKING UP? OR RUNNING ON FUMES? WHERE DID THE MAGIC GO? WAKING THE SLEEPING TIGER THE DEEPER TRUTH DIET SPORT NO HARM DONE, RIGHT? WRONG. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM FOG SETS IN POURING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NUMBERS HOW MANY DIETS HAVE YOU TRIED? WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES? YES, EVEN THE TEXTBOOKS ARE SAYING THIS SCIENCE NEEDS BETTER PR-WHAT’S THE HOLDUP?

CHAPTER 3 Hormone Handbook: Beyond Estrogen and Testosterone

BRAIN IS BOSS WE’VE COME A LONG WAY MIXED SIGNALS MEET YOUR HORMONES STARS OF THE HORMONE SHOW THAT’S THE GANG KEY METABOLIC HORMONES & THEIR MALFUNCTIONS METABOLIC CONDITIONS THE FOUR-DOOR SYSTEM CHECKS AND BALANCES WRAP-UP

CHAPTER 4 Welcome to Metabolism 101

STEP 1: FORAGING-PEOPLE DO IT TOO STEP 2: DIGESTION STEP 3: ABSORPTION STEP 4: UTILIZATION WORKING HARD, GETTING NOWHERE A HEALTHY METABOLISM: FREE TO BURN FUEL TAKING CRUISE CONTROL FOR GRANTED WEIGHT-PRONE OR WEIGHT-RESISTANT: A MATTER OF CHANCE

CHAPTER 5 A History of Ideas

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME THE UNTOLD STORY THE SAME OLD STORY CENTURIES OF DISCOVERY: DIETING, HORMONES, DISEASES & TREATMENTS CHALLENGING OUR ASSUMPTIONS

CHAPTER 6 Metabolic Storm and Diet Fog: A Veritable Firewall

METABOLIC STORM THESE GLITCHES ARE BITCHES DIET FOG: ONE THING ON TOP OF ANOTHER DNA: GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM THANKS, MOM AND DAD FEAST OR FAMINE WHAT CAN WE DO?

CHAPTER 7 Science Holds the Answers

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF OBESITY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE THE COCKTAIL APPROACH PHARMACOLOGY PIPELINE NEWER INVENTIONS ON THE HORIZON BARIATRIC SURGERY REVERSING DIABESITY: JANET’S STORY A SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT APPROACH HOW DOES THE SCIENCE WORK IN REAL LIFE? BACK TO NORMAL MAKING PROGRESS AFTER 27 YEARS: CLAUDIA’S STORY THE KNOWLEDGE EXPLOSION

CONCLUSION Science Never Sleeps End Notes ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR