Internal starvation

Internal Starvation - The bodily state in which only exogenous compounds can be metabolized for biological purposes.

Scientists wonder why obesity rates have surged upwards in the past 30 years [http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/] . The blame is often placed on fast food and low activity due to television, video games, internet activities, and other non-physically engaging forms of entertainment. In contrast, a rationale approach would examine why any obese state has existed at any time in recorded history [http://www.naafa.org/press_room/history_obesity.html] , and not focus on the recent explosion of factors that obviously contribute to the curernt obesdty epidemic. Records show that people have struggled with obesity long before any modern conveniences were available [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting] . In his "Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting] ," William Banting explains how a simple change in his diet proximated a newfound lifestyle that allowed him a refreshed vigor in daily activities.

Controversy

Understanding weight gain is difficult wihout a primer of the concept of homeostasis: when the property of either an open system or a closed system, especially a living organism, regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable, constant condition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis] . In Human Beings, an elegant example is found in the regulation of blood sugar. When sugar is ingested in the form of simple sugars (cane sugar, molasses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses] , corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, etc...), starch, honey, or fruit; each type of sugar is rapidly digested and the result is a rapid increase in the mmol/dl of glucose [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose] in the bloodstream. The consequences of poorly regulated blood sugar are deadly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes] .