starts, though, when the foods you’re eating
promote an unhealthy psychological response,
leading to chronic overcarbsumption.
Shall we recap?
When you chronically overconsume food-
with-no-brakes, it floods your system with
glucose. With sugar in such large supply, it is
burned first for energy—which means fat
takes a metabolic back seat and accumulates.
This leads to a buildup of triglycerides in the
liver, and increased glucose and triglyceride
levels in the bloodstream. But how does this
lead to problems with leptin?
The excess glucose and triglycerides in the
bloodstream make their way to parts of your
brain and start impairing your brain’s ability
to “hear” the leptin message. This leads to a
condition called leptin resistance.
THE SKINNY-FAT
If you’re overweight, it’s very