| Phenomenon | Lipophilia Explanation |
| 1. Weight Gain | Overeating and inactivity are consequences of getting fat. |
| 2. Weight Loss | Appetite control and increased activity are consequences of losing fat. |
| 3. Weight Maintenance | Unconscious homeostatic mechanisms maintain our weight over time, just like they maintain other aspects of the interior milieu, like body temperature. |
| 4. Calorie is a Calorie? | All calories are not equal. The body is a complex machine. |
| 5. Obesity Epidemic | The switch to a low fat/high carb diet has caused the obesity epidemic. |
| 6. Diseases of Civilization | Obesity associates with diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, malnutrition, and gout because they all stem from a common cause: chronic hyperinsulinemia. |
| 7. Carb Restricted Diets | Carb restriction and other measures taken to improve blood insulin levels can lead to weight loss even when calories are unrestricted. |
| 8. Role of Behavior vs. Role of Physiology in Obesity | Obesity is a physiological problem that can often be fixed simply by a low carb diet. |
| 9. What is Our Fat Tissue | Provides a very specific explanation of how, why, when, and where fat accumulates as well as why some people get fat and others don't. |
| 10. Unexplained Weight Changes | Weight changes resulting from medications, genetics, hormonal changes, and so forth must be caused by indirect changes to fat tissue metabolism. |
| 11. Public Conviction that Calories Count | Health authorities almost unanimously support the Caloric Balance Hypothesis only because they are unaware that the Lipophilia Hypothesis even exists and because they have, by and large, ignored the science supporting the low carb diet. |