{"id":22692,"date":"2013-01-16T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=22692"},"modified":"2013-01-16T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:21:00","slug":"the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and obesity doc Robert Lustig on what works. \u00a0He has recently written his book \u2013 Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease<\/a>\"\"\u00a0\u2013 where he\u00a0says that exercise, for all its benefits, won\u2019t help you shed pounds \u2014 and that fasting only worsens weight gain.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and obesity doc Robert Lustig on what works. \u00a0He has recently written his book \u2013 Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease\u00a0\u2013 where he\u00a0says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":22693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1224,2535,2951],"class_list":["post-22692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health__medicine","tag-fat","tag-obesity","tag-robert-lustig"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Drishtikone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Desh Kapoor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Desh Kapoor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/\",\"name\":\"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/e24bcebf9da3425dd595b71543245311\"},\"description\":\"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/\",\"name\":\"Drishtikone\",\"description\":\"Perspective on Life and World from Hindu and Indian standpoints\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/e24bcebf9da3425dd595b71543245311\",\"name\":\"Desh Kapoor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cc132f0b1d11236e6dc28b12e598a23?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cc132f0b1d11236e6dc28b12e598a23?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Desh Kapoor\"},\"description\":\"Making sense of the world via the perspective of Dharma and Hinduism. Drishtikone literally means \\\"View from an Angle\\\" in Hindi. It is a word used for \\\"Perspective\\\" in Hindi conversations.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain","description":"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain","og_description":"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/","og_site_name":"Drishtikone","article_published_time":"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00","author":"Desh Kapoor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Desh Kapoor"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/","name":"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-16T20:21:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/e24bcebf9da3425dd595b71543245311"},"description":"America is fat and obese. \u00a0One in three adults and One in six kids are obese. \u00a0How can you reduce weight? \u00a0Here is a discussion with\u00a0endocrinologist and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/01\/the-fallacies-of-fat-myths-of-weight-gain\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Fallacies of Fat: Myths of Weight Gain"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/","name":"Drishtikone","description":"Perspective on Life and World from Hindu and Indian standpoints","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/e24bcebf9da3425dd595b71543245311","name":"Desh Kapoor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cc132f0b1d11236e6dc28b12e598a23?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cc132f0b1d11236e6dc28b12e598a23?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Desh Kapoor"},"description":"Making sense of the world via the perspective of Dharma and Hinduism. Drishtikone literally means \"View from an Angle\" in Hindi. It is a word used for \"Perspective\" in Hindi conversations.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1517"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}