Neuro Athletes,

Today, I invited Dr. Stephan J. Guyenet to the podcast. 

After earning a BS in biochemistry at the University of Virginia, he completed a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Washington, then went on to study the neuroscience of obesity and eating behavior as a postdoctoral fellow. 

He has spent a total of 12 years in the neuroscience research world studying neurodegenerative disease and the neuroscience of body fatness. 

He is the Author of the book “Hungry Brain” which was released in February of 2017 and was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and called “essential” by the New York Times Book Review.

In this podcast, you’ll discover about:

• The connection between brain and obesity

• Why people can’t lose weight despite strict diets due to a regulatory system in the brain

• Classification based on BMI and Why it’s not the most accurate method

• Why women can have more fat than men

• The obesity epidemic

• Major causes of Obesity and the Relation between Smoking and Obesity (How smoking suppresses obesity)

• Obesity: A Public Health issue

• Why sit-down meals at restaurants are more dangerous than fast food

• Awareness is not enough to tackle the obesity problem

• How sleep helps you to lose weight

• Why liposuction surgery doesn’t work for weight loss in the long term

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