Obesity Without The Myths

The Dr. Jules Plant-Based Podcast · Aug 2, 2026 · 25m

One nasty comment on a short clip can expose a bigger problem: most people are drowning in confident weight-loss advice from people who don’t understand how body weight is regulated. We take obesity head-on as a sensitive, often politicized topic and lay out a science-based, human-first framework that replaces myths and judgment with clarity. Drawing from a longer expert conversation with a bariatric surgeon and a psychologist, we explain why obesity is a complex chronic disease influenced by brain signaling, hormones, sleep, stress, genetics, dieting history, and the modern food…