156 – A Chemical Hunger

We discuss A Chemical Hunger – the paper presenting the hypothesis that the modern obesity epidemic is due to enviromental contamination causing widespread lithium poisoning.

EDIT – MAJOR UPDATE – It’s probably not lithium!

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Less Wrong Posts – 5:53

Main Topic – 15:09

Thank the Patron – 1:50:23

[PART I – MYSTERIES]

[PART II – CURRENT THEORIES OF OBESITY ARE INADEQUATE]

[PART III – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS]

[PART IV – CRITERIA]

[PART V – LIVESTOCK ANTIBIOTICS]

[PART VI – PFAS]

[PART VII – LITHIUM]

[PART VIII – PARADOXICAL REACTIONS]

[INTERLUDE H – WELL WELL WELL]

[PART IX – ANOREXIA IN ANIMALS]

[PART X – WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT]

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Extracting lithium from seawater



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