Lisa Kay

“All diets that result in weight loss do so on one basis and one basis only: They reduce circulating levels of insulin; they create and prolong the negative stimulus of insulin deficiency.”
― Gary Taubes, The Case for Keto: The Truth About Low-Carb, High-Fat Eating

“To cut to the chase, we are a carbohydrate substance abuse program, not a weight loss program.”
― Gary Taubes, The Case for Keto: The Truth About Low-Carb, High-Fat Eating

“Some cultures venerate this experience: the Japanese, for example, have the glorious tradition of ‘forest bathing’ (shinrin-yoku): the practice of absorptive, enveloping walking in deep forests for the soothing properties of being connected to, and fully immersed in, the sights, sounds and feel of nature.”
― Shane O'Mara, In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration

“Carbohydrate-rich foods—grains, starchy vegetables, and sugars—work to keep insulin elevated in our circulation, and that traps the fat we eat in our fat cells and inhibits the use of that fat for fuel. That’s what the obesity research community should have been trying rigorously to resolve or refute for the past sixty years.”
― Gary Taubes, The Case for Keto: The Truth About Low-Carb, High-Fat Eating