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Prenatal Programming of Obesity

A new study confirms a growing body of information that the health of the mother during pregnancy has a profound affect on the potential for future obesity. In the new study it was shown that high blood sugar during pregnancy doubles the risk for obesity between ages 5-7. Women entering pregnancy in an overweight condition and/or who eat poorly during pregnancy are at risk for this problem as well as multiple other pregnancy issues....

Read More: blood sugar, Leptin Diet, obesity, pregnancy, weight loss, Weight Management

Obesity Drugs are Problematic

Obesity drugs are big business, pulling in 1.2 billion in sales last year. The British Medical Journal just published a review of the three main weight loss drugs and found that Orlistat increased rates of gastrointestinal side effects and slightly lowered concentrations of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol), Sibutramine lowered concentrations of HDL, raised blood pressure, and increased pulse rate, and Rimonabant increased the risk of depression, anxiety, and mood disorders.

Read More: anxiety, HDL cholesterol, Mastering Leptin, mood, obesity, Orlistat, Rimonabant, Sibutramine, weight loss

Brain Development Link to Obesity and Heart Disease

The latest finding in a considerable body of evolving knowledge shows that poor development of leptin-related brain circuitry while in the womb is one common cause of later-life obesity. Individuals who have this developmental weakness (which is no fault of their own) have little or no margin for error in how they live their life, unless they wish to place themselves on the fast track of accelerated aging and early onset of the diseases of aging....

Read More: brain development, first milk colostrum, heart disease, Leptin Control, malnutrition, obesity

CNN Helps Autism Debacle Blow Up in Government’s Face

On April 2, 2008 CNN spent the day bringing awareness to the problem of autism. Larry King’s segment, which included Jenny McCarthy along with a panel of guests, was particularly enlightening. My hat is off to Jenny, a celebrity mother who is making it quite uncomfortable for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to ignore parents of autistic children seeking answers. Why does a mom have to do the work of the CDC? The answer is rather simple: our government’s zeal to insist on too many vaccines while ignoring the actual risks is the driving force behind the autism tragedy.

Read More: Autism, CDC, CNN, FDA, inflammation, Jenny McCarthy, Leptin Diet, obesity

B Vitamins Reduce Obesity Proneness

A novel animal study has shown that nutrition can influence the ways genes are expressed during pregnancy, so that the newborn is less likely to become obese. This study has far reaching implications for public health because right now many overweight mothers are predisposing their children to be overweight through improper gene programming.

Read More: B Vitamins, methylation, obesity, Super B Complex

Obesity Costs and Trends

Several rather sobering studies were published this week regarding the costs of obesity and its current trend.

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What is Leptin?

I have spent more than twenty years on the front lines of clinical nutrition helping thousands of people solve very difficult health problems – naturally. In all these years I have never encountered more powerful principles of health than those relating to leptin.

Read More: obesity, weight loss

DHA Omega 3 Fatty Acids in the War Against Obesity

Dietary intake of DHA omega 3 essential fatty acids is woefully lacking all around the world. In populations that have adequate access to other foods this correlates strongly with the world-wide obesity epidemic. A new study reviews the multiple mechanisms by which omega 3 fatty acids, especially DHA, can combat the obesity epidemic.

Read More: DHA, metabolism, obesity, omega 3, white adipose tissue

Obesity Trend Out of Control

America is in the midst of a rapidly expanding obesity epidemic. If health care costs are to be spread among all Americans, this is everyone’s problem.

Read More: EPA, FDA, five rules, metabolism, obesity, The Leptin Diet, USDA

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