Monday, May 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that obese individuals have a 40% increased risk for dementia and an 80% increased risk for Alzheimer’s. Significant mental decline affects 10% of the elderly population and rates of Alzheimer’s are up 20% - consistent with the increase in obesity. There is no reason this has to happen.
Monday, May 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
When you eat less food, especially on a diet, there comes a time when weight loss slows down. At this time you will start getting an increase in hunger that is coming from a hormone signal in your stomach called ghrelin. New research shows that ghrelin levels go up (meaning increased hunger) as thyroid function is impaired and becomes sluggish.
Monday, May 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Scientists inject ghrelin (pronounced GRAY-lin) into the blood of normal weight people. While measuring their brain activity these subjects are shown pictures of food and the ghrelin makes them drool. Core animal pleasure is activated. Yes, they must have it. Stimulus-response, a modern Pavlovian dog experiment.
Saturday, May 03, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Extra fat does a lot more than clog arteries. Inflammatory proteins coming from fat directly damage the heart – whether you feel just fine or not. That is the conclusion of new John Hopkins Medicine research tracking 7000 obese men and women across the United States – watching them descend from no heart disease into poor cardiovascular health.
Thursday, May 01, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Impaired coordination may be a first sign of sluggish thyroid function. Are you bumping into things too often? If so, you may have sluggish thyroid due to faulty leptin function.
Thursday, May 01, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A stunning thyroid study has just been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. It showed that women whose TSH scores were in the high end of the normal range were at a 69% increased risk for cardiovascular death.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The data is now in and it is not good for the junk food industry. The more fast food and convenience store outlets in your neighborhood the more likely you are to be obese and diabetic. The study, Designed for Disease: the Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes, was conducted in California but certainly applies though out U.S.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New research now shows that the drop in a fat hormone called adiponectin is associated with an inflammatory-driven decline in kidney function. By fixing leptin problems adiponectin can be elevated to natural levels and the risk for kidney disease can be lowered.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Novel mice experiments carried out by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are helping to clarify the relationship of fat and disease. Mice bred not to be able to store fat, which were then fed a high fat diet, became diabetic and diseased much faster than the mice who could store the surplus calories as fat.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It was just discovered that belly fat cells make an appetite signal which increases as you become overweight, causing you to crave more food, which makes you even fatter in the abdominal area, in turn causing you to crave even more food.
