I was a guest on “Behind the Story Show” Podcast hosted by Jelani. We talked about the difference between treating a number and treating a person and why understanding your own hunger might matter more than any prescription.
We discuss the “fatty acid burn switch” — alternative explanation for Type 2 diabetes that challenges the textbook theory of insulin resistance — and the personal story that radicalized my skepticism of mainstream treatment: a relative whose husband, a medical professor, kept her blood sugar perfectly controlled with insulin for years, only for her to lose a limb anyway.
We also get into why “blood sugar” and “table sugar” are not the same thing, how grain-based carbohydrates became the hidden driver of the obesity epidemic, whether low-carb eating can help starve cancer cells, and what’s really happening in your body on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound — including the question I say almost nobody asks before starting one.
In Beat Unwanted Weight Gain, I explain why food-based solutions change the outcome. When the cause is addressed, the body can begin to heal—and the need for medication can decrease rather than grow.
That is the difference between managing disease and solving it.
That is the core principle of Beat Unwanted Weight Gain: when you feed the body correctly, the brain stops fighting you.
Weight maintenance becomes possible not because you are forcing it, but because the system is no longer in chaos. Hunger becomes reasonable. Cravings become quiet. Choice becomes possible. Eating becomes enjoyable even without sweetness in every bite.
This is not about perfection. It is about direction. Each bite that nourishes the brain teaches it something new. Enjoyment is more closely related to the duration of nutrient-receptor contact in the mouth than to the feeling of fullness in the mouth. Each day of steady fuel makes the reward cycle weaker, even when you take smaller bites.
You do not have to be at war with food. You can change your relationship with it.
Food can be satisfaction, not temptation.
Eating can be nourishment, not negotiation.
Hunger can be a signal, not an emergency.
When the reward cycle breaks, freedom returns.
Next in the series:
Why Willpower Isn’t Enough
The author of the award-winning book, Diabetes: The Real Cause and the Right Cure, and Nationally Syndicated Columnist, Dr. John Poothullil, advocates for patients struggling with the effects of adverse lifestyle conditions.
Dr. John’s books, available on Amazon, have educated and inspired readers to take charge of their health. You can take many steps to make changes in your health, but Dr. John also empowers us to demand certain changes in our healthcare system. His latest book, Beat Unwanted Weight Gain, reveals the seven most essential strategies for shedding pounds—and keeping them off for good.
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