Episode 153: Low Carb Diets

The Science of Everything Podcast by James Fodor

Jun 9, 202574:03Science & Medicine

A review of the carbohydrate insulin model of obesity and the related proposal that low carbohydrate diets are superior to traditional low fat diets. I begin with a discussion of the theory behind the carbohydrate insuli...

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