As we wind down this journey, I hope you can clearly see the problem with the very simplistic “molecular biology” approach to our biological systems. More than one time during the last two TEDMED events I heard that this approach is dead. The idea that we can use a reductionist attitude to manage one hormone or one macronutrient and have widespread impact has failed repeatedly.
Sugar and oil (not foods, but refined energy) will probably end up being the exception.
We now know that there are a “symphony of reactions” that happen in our body and it is far more Read Full Article →