Why "Eating Less" Made Me Fat (The Metabolic Trap) 🛑

I gained 40% of my body weight at age 6. Doctors said I was lying about food. I wasn't.

In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Dean Howell reveals the biological reality of obesity that diet culture ignores.

The Paradox: Why restriction often triggers a "Famine Response," causing the body to hold onto fat more aggressively.

The Switch: How childhood stress and trauma can flip your metabolism from "Burn" mode to "Store" mode before you even hit puberty.

The Mechanism: It’s not about calories in vs. calories out. It’s about Insulin and Cortisol.

If your cells are resistant to fuel, your body must store it as fat—no matter how little you eat. Dr. Howell explains how he finally stopped fighting his biology and started healing it.

🔍 In This Episode, We Cover:

The "40% Gain": My unexplained weight spike at age 6.

Why Diets Fail: The science of Metabolic Adaptation.

The "Willpower" Myth: Why you can't discipline a hormone problem.

The CODS Approach: Repairing the metabolic engine instead of starving it.

Why "Eating Less" Made Me Fat (The Metabolic Trap).

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