How to Eat

leptin is the master controller of our weight, and when it stops working properly people lose control of their weight no matter what they try and do about it. Leptin is a hormone that comes from fat, and the more fat someone has, the higher the leptin level in the blood.’

We know that stopping sugar or going on an ultra-low-carb diet helps people lose weight. But because people are fixated on calories as the ultimate arbiter of weight, they assume that the reason they lose weight during these types of dietary changes is because they are consuming less calories. This is NOT the case. The reason someone loses weight w

Mr Johnson has a condition called leptin resistance. He has lots of leptin in his blood but it is not being seen by his brain. It’s being hidden. And the culprit is the hormone insulin.fn2

He started to consume just two meals per day of fresh foods, and would not eat for the two hours before bed.

Understanding leptin resistance is crucial to being able to control your weight. Sustained weight loss is not about calorie counting (we know low-calorie diets don’t work long-term), it’s about altering the food that you eat so that your normal system of weight regulation is restored. If you can do this, your weight will naturally reset to a health

‘When I gave up sugar my friends laughed at me and tempted me with treats – I wanted to cry, I wanted to hit my head against a wall, but after forty days the addiction was gone. It became easy. If you stop sugar for forty days you will never want it again. But it takes a strong mind to do this.’

‘The problem with Mr Johnson and all people who suffer with obesity is that the weight that they are is what their brain thinks is a healthy weight. This is called their weight set-point.’