Why Can’t You Lose Weight? It’s A Brain Issue. Or Is It?
A fMRI scan showing regions of activation in orange, including the primary visual cortex (V1, BA17). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a little light reading about the brain, I found this wonderful...
View ArticleHow Should We Determine Who’s Fat? Does The BMI Work? What Does Dr. Weil Think?
Two mice; the mouse on the left has more fat stores than the mouse on the right. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you’ve ever looked at weight, you’ve seen the BMI charts. If you’ve somehow missed this...
View ArticleWill Grapefruit Really Drop Eight Pounds Off Your Weight? The Grapefruit Diet...
Grapefruit (Photo credit: StudioGabe // Gabriel Li) Anyone who remembers the 800 Calorie grapefruit diet should be puckering up and running from the room by this point. But my checkout counter guru,...
View ArticleHow Much Do Genetics Influence Weight, Blood Pressure, Body Fat, Insulin Levels?
This image shows the coding region in a segment of eukaryotic DNA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Whenever a patient asks, “could this be genetic?” the answer is always yes. Genes affect all illnesses to...
View ArticleWill Vitamin D Help You Lose Weight?
Picture of an Obese Teenager (146kg/322lb) with Central Obesity, side view.Self Made Picture of an Obese Teenager (Myself) (146kg/322lb) with Central Obesity, Front View. Feel Free to use. (Photo...
View ArticleWill Belviq (Lorcaserin) Help Lose Weight?
English: Prevalence of diabetes worldwide in 2000 (per 1000 inhabitants). World average was 28.23‰. no data less than 7.5 7.5-15 15-22.5 22.5-30 30-37.5 37.5-45 45-52.5 52.5-60 60-67.5 67.5-75 75-82.5...
View ArticleNew Weight Loss Plan: Get Enough Sleep.
Map of Obesity in Adult Females (% of adult population with BMI 30+) per country. Using data updated until December 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Previously we’ve seen having no regular lifestyle...
View ArticleWill Finding the Fat Gene Help Us?
In a scientific whodunnit, the scientists now say that gene FTO is no longer the cause of obesity. (here) In a startling switch, the real culprit is now IRX3. Coming next week, the culprit will be a...
View ArticleAMY1 Deficiency, Obesity and the Death Of Carbohydrates?
It’s in our genes! It’s in our genes! So says the most recent study of genetics and obesity. Shortages in AMY1 lead to an eight-fold increase in obesity risk. So if you have low AMY1, it’s just not...
View ArticleWhat Really Makes Us Fat?
It’s so rare to have someone really tackle obesity, so I have to give full credit to the Scishow for doing a weird but comprehensive overview of probable contributors. My favorite part comes about 9:40...
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