Unpacking the Hidden Causes of Obesity

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In this week's episode of the Keep the Weight Off Podcast, Dr. Angela and Marchelle dive deep into a fascinating discovery from the past that sheds light on the complex causes of weight gain.

Here's what you'll learn:

4 Key Categories: Understand the fundamental causes of weight gain—Nutrition, Metabolism, Behaviors, and Psychology.

Nutrition Insights: The truth about ultraprocessed foods and their impact on our health.

Metabolic Mysteries: How insulin resistance, PCOS, and sleep apnea contribute to weight gain.

Behavioral Traps: Discover "Amnesia Calories" and the subtle ways we consume more than we realize.

Psychological Factors: Explore how mental health issues and deep-seated fears can sabotage weight loss efforts.

Join us as we unravel the complexity of obesity, offering compassionate and practical insights to help you on your journey to lasting health.

Don't miss this enlightening episode! 

Episode Highlights:

(06:41) Essentially, anyone who has weight gain has some degree of insulin resistance, which just means that the pancreas has to work harder to produce more insulin to keep the blood sugars under control. That's essentially what insulin resistance is. And then eventually the pancreas can't keep up and the blood sugar starts to rise and that's when we get a diagnosis of prediabetes, or diabetes depending on how high the blood sugar goes.

(10:25) Another common metabolic cause of weight gain is medications that are used to treat other illnesses; sometimes the medications that are used to treat depression or schizophrenia can cause weight gain. There are even some blood pressure medications that can cause weight gain. These are all things that we have to keep in mind whenever we have a new patient come in. This is why if you're struggling with your weight you might want to make sure that you see an obesity medicine specialist first because you may have one of these common metabolic causes of weight gain that really needs treatment.

(14:03) We have certain habits that we don't even realize are causing weight gain, like that daily caramel macchiato every morning.  These are all behaviors that we don't even think about that add calories and cause weight gain.

If you think that you might be a victim of amnesia calorie intake, there's a really obvious way to figure it out: The food journal. Get a piece of paper and a pen and anything that goes into your mouth gets written on the paper.

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