AHS 2013 Bibliography – “What Is Metabolic Flexibility, and Why Is It Important?” – J. Stanton

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation at the 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium, “What Is Metabolic Flexibility, and Why Is It Important?” Since the videos are unwatchable due to technical and production failures, I’ve posted the full text and slides here. (And if you haven’t seen it already, I recommend watching [ . . . ]

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The Calorie Paradox: Did Four Rice Chex Make America Fat? (Part II of “There Is No Such Thing As A Calorie”)

It’s possible to “prove” just about anything via a blizzard of citations and a few carefully-placed appeals to authority. It’s also easy to become seduced by a plausible and elegant biochemical pathway. Presto: science!

However, when formulating a hypothesis, it’s most important to constrain it by observed reality.

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There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)

A friend of mine once said “The problem with explaining complicated systems to the layman is this: it’s easy to simplify a concept to the point that that it’s no longer true.”

To that end, I submit the following hypothesis:

The concept of the “calorie”, as applied to nutrition, is an oversimplification so [ . . . ]

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AHS 2013 Bibliography – “What Is Metabolic Flexibility, and Why Is It Important?” – J. Stanton

The Calorie Paradox: Did Four Rice Chex Make America Fat? (Part II of “There Is No Such Thing As A Calorie”)

There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)