Lipophobia Theory

Throughout the past 40 years the obesity rate, in America, has over doubled, raising the percentages of those who are considered obese to over one third of the population. In order to stop the gaining of weight it is recommended that people stay away from all sugars and carbs. The body stores fat, but when it has excess fat stored up it turns into bad fat. Insulin helps to eliminate bad carbs. The amount of calories that a person consumes does not impact the fat cells, it is all a matter of ratios. One belief has been that a person must eat less and exercise more in order to not be obese but this statistic was proven to be faulty several years ago. Over 100 years ago a famous gentleman named Gusta Van Burgan created a hypothesis and a theory of lipophobia. Lipophobia is the fear of becoming fat. Every person’s body fat is distributed to different parts of their body which is what this theory explains. Up until the 1950’s …show more content…
The first hypothesis is that our understanding of people getting fat is correct which makes them unwilling to try to heal themselves. Insulin plays a very important part in preventing our bodies to have an energy imbalance. Insulin talks to the body, the muscles, organs and tissues to use the glucose against the carbohydrates. The insulin is secreted in response to a carbohydrate called glucose. Glucose is mostly in starches, grains, and sugars. As cells become insulin resistant, the insulin is required to control blood glucose. Second, our hypothesis, eat less and exercise more, is faulty. Then so is the advice that everyone believes about how to make things better. If true then maybe what makes us fat is not an energy imbalance but a hormone imbalance. The quantity and quality of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats effects the body as a whole. One might assume that the concept may have been tested, but the tests were not followed through because of the price constraint that was on