Second HAVA videocast is with Stephan Guyenet, PhD.
Obesity and your Brain; Foods, Satiety and Health.

Reviews his 2017 book, The Hungry Brain, and delves into a comprehensive interview, 1hour, 45 minutes! Helps if you read his book, but there is a transcript! https://youtu.be/W4TyG8LKNQY?si=QiSR_cF5BzO-FHyu

He covers the Satiety factors from Protein (most important based on scientific evidence), Energy/Calorie density, Fiber and "palatability", what Hava calls the hedonistic factor… And so much more Stephan supports the HAVA satiety index approach, and mentions that you may not have to include every factor. The P:E result is so dominate, you can lose weight by keeping it simple. For low carbers, Protein percent contributes about 75% of satiety. So protein can work even if that is the only factor you watch, but my overall health improved more by watching nutrients as well. Protein leverage explains how obesity rose dramatically after the introduction of efforts to control cholesterol,

This article explains and includes the Holt Satiety Index Dr Guyenet said had so much influence on his work: https://optimisingnutrition.com/satiety-hunger-code/


Ends the interview with an overview of https://www.redpenreviews.org. Some of the worse scoring books…The Carnivore Code and The Salt Fix.