The Obesity Code

Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

By: Dr. Jason Fung

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones - in everyone - and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss.

In this highly listenable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In addition to his five basic steps - a set of lifelong habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr. Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.

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©2016 Jason Fung (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

There is a PDF, Folks

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I keep seeing reviews on Audible stating "it would be nice to have the charts, forms, list, etc. the author keeps referring to". Yes they're included here! Look at your purchase list, and underneath the books that include a pdf you will find a link to click. You can then download reference material for your book. I wish Audible would do a better job showing this! Click on Library, then My books, and then look for the links underneath the book purchased.

Great 👍 Book

Great book!!!! I have followed and listen to Dr. Fung for some time. Listening to him actually cured my type 2 diabetes when my regular doctor wanted to put me on insulin (which I refused). His guidance and insights have always been great and I have learned so much from both him and the several other ketogenic gurus I follow. Dr. Fung thank you for all you do.

Well-researched, easy to understand

Very informative, makes great sense. I read it in a day. Its a good reminder to eat only whole foods and new insight for me into intermittent fasting. I have always been afraid to fast for several reasons but will try now armed with this knowledge. Only negatives are that author repeats some things beyond need for comprehension and author is a touch dramatic in his reading.

Changed My Life (Despite a Truly Terrible Reader)

My original review of this book: I suppose I can trust the information in this book, but it's a little hard to do so when the man reading it to me mispronounces everything from medical terms to food names and more. If you can't pronounce quinoa, how can you expect me to eat it? This book needed a much more literate narrator, otherwise it was OK.

My revised review of this book: Bottom line, it changed my life. Soon after reading, I decided to give this author’s plan a shot, and I finally found the way of life I’d been looking for for decades. Intermittent fasting was the answer for me!!! The only way I found the strength to do it was because I was on the verge of being put on my third diabetes medication, a once a week shot that was reportedly going to make me throw up for days. Given that as the alternative, I embarked on Dr. Fung‘s plan and within a few months I had dropped 35 lbs, completely changed my eating habits, and brought my A1C down to 5.9. That was more than a year ago, and my weight is still down, my A1 C is still good, and I’m still living the intermittent fasting lifestyle without any problems. Instead of three diabetes medications, I’m down to one, and my hope is that by the end of this year I can get off of that one too.

I still say this is one of the worst narrators I’ve ever heard, but if you can get through his mangled and painful pronunciations, it’s totally worth it. Highly recommended!!!!!!!

One last thought, I know the math of my star rankings doesn’t work (the average of 1 and 4 does not equal 5) but I’m giving it a five overall anyway because the sum is greater than its parts. The reading could’ve used a lot of help, the writing could’ve used a little help, but the message delivered overcomes them both and makes this book worth five stars and then some. Thank you Dr. Fung for changing (saving?) my life!

love it!!!

finally! finally a publication that explains exactly how our bodies work and respond to food and respond to lack of food and the role certain meds play in causing weight gain....I could go on and on. It's so thorough and the narrator is so great! It sounds more like you're being spoken to at a similar than read to, which I love. This book will not only give you a complete understanding of weight gain and weight loss, it will tell you how to achieve it. It will tell you how to reset your metabolism to work for you instead of against your efforts. This publication includes every peice of information that you need to know in order to lose weight and have an awesome metabolism. So glad to have read this!

A compelling case

As with any weight management book which claims to have THE answer, I'm skeptical that I'm getting the whole story here. If it were this cut and dry, then the current controversies would not exist. And certainly there wouldn't be so many other ways which claimed the same exclusivity on the subject. Still, The Obesity Code makes some good points and was worth my time.

changing my life

I hear truth in these words and am taking them to heart. highly recommend for everyone and anyone

good material, well read

The author has done his homework. he is convincing.
the reader is excellent and passionate.

Excellent Master Class in Obesity Research

Breaks the guilt tripping myths. Ties together and rectifies all the research that has been confounding dieters for decades. This is the the holy grail of “why” people are fat no matter what.
I really had to sit and listen to this book. It is easy to follow in general for regular folks, but you must be focused. I feel like it cleared away every pseudo-science and lie I have learned throughout my life. Do not skip the to the end. You will miss the “why”.
I am going to be able to simplify weight loss and maintenance and that makes me so happy.

Life changing book!

I am so grateful that my husband recommended this book to me. After a few years of weighing over 300 pounds, I had followed a relatively strict keto diet for 8 months (losing 76 pounds) and suddenly experienced a 2-week plateau in my weight loss. I tried a short fast (skipping breakfast) before I even finished the book! And the plateau ended, allowing me to lose another pound. I am excited to finally have information that could help me reach a healthy body weight (my goal is to lose another 100 pounds or so), never to return to the 300+ pounds again. Thank you so much, Dr. Fung!