Stephan Guyenet
Person on 3 sites
Obesity researcher with a PhD in neuroscience, formerly at the University of Washington, and author of The Hungry Brain. Writes about the neuroscience of body…
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2021-05-11 -
15 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Publishing a standing list of your own mistakes, and correcting them, is part of doing science honestly. (opens korrents.com)
“I make mistakes, and acknowledging and correcting them is an important part of how I grow.”
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Energy imbalance is a necessary link in the causal chain of obesity: there is no other way for the extra energy to arrive in the body. (opens korrents.com)
“No matter what your model of obesity is, in order to explain the development of an obese body, energy imbalance has to be a link in the model’s causal chain.”
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The brain, not insulin or fat tissue, is what ultimately controls the energy balance equation. (opens korrents.com)
“However, whichever side of the energy balance equation is giving orders, the brain appears to be the commander-in-chief of the equation as a whole.”
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Publishing a standing list of your own mistakes, and correcting them, is part of doing science honestly. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Syndrome X: The Silent Killer (opens rcmnd.app)
“Syndrome X is a classic book written by a giant in the field of physiology, and I think it has stood the test of time relatively well.”
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The Case Against Sugar (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Case Against Sugar is a journey through sugar history and science that is heavily distorted through the lens of Taubes's personal beliefs. By this metric, it is not journalism, but advocacy. To a general audience…”
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Syndrome X: The Silent Killer (opens rcmnd.app)