Obesity: Is It a Disease of Chronic Refined Carbohydrate Excess?

Obesity is the most discussed, researched,and misunderstood health conditions of modern civilization. Genetics, hormones, exercise, stress, sleep, medications, and socioeconomic factors play a role. An important question remains: Are we overlooking a dominant cause?

The article explores the hypothesis that chronic excess intake of refined carbohydrate calories is the principal modern driver of obesity.

Human genes have changed little over the past few decades, yet obesity rates have risen dramatically worldwide. During the same period, food processing has changed profoundly. Modern populations are increasingly exposed to highly refined, rapidly absorbable carbohydrate-rich foods in quantities and frequencies unprecedented in human evolutionary hist ...