Andrew Huberman· PhD
And of course there all the metabolic syndromes and the problems with having excess levels of body fat, things like insulin resistance, type two diabetes. I mean, as disturbing as is to here, there are many individuals, actually, I know some who are so obese that they start getting bodily sores. They're not just bedsores, but they have skin sores that are very disruptive to them. They don't like having these sores. And in addition to that, they can get peripheral neuropathies because of some of these metabolic issues. They're not getting enough utilization of the nutrients in the tissue, because the way that insulin has disrupted insulin singling, and they actually have to have certain portions of their limbs amputated, and yet they continue to overeat.