The obesity code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

Part 1: The epidemic

1. How obesity became an epidemic

2. Inheriting obesity

Part 2: The calorie deception

3. The calorie-reduction error

4. The exercise myth

5. The overfeeding paradox

Part 3: A new model of obesity

6. A new hope

7. Insulin

8. Cortisol

9. The Atkins onslaught

10. Insulin resistance: the major player

Part 4: the social phenomenon of obesity

11. Big food, more food and the new science of diabesity

12. Poverty and obesity

13. Childhood obesity

Part 5: What's wrong with our diet?

14. The deadly effects of fructose

15. The diet soda delusion

16. Carbohydrates and protective fiber

17. Protein

18. Fat phobia

Part 6: the solution

19. What to eat

20. When to eat

Appendix A: Sample meal plans (with fasting protocols)

Appendix B: Fasting: a practical guide

Appendix C: Meditation and sleep hygiene to reduce cortisol.