Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
As your body fat goes up inflammation increases in your body, in turn generating excessive free radical damage. That is the conclusion of a new study measuring these relationships in women age 35-50. Undoubtedly, this data holds true for any overweight person of any age.
Monday, July 28, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
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.
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study closely tracks the relationship of appetite to the development of obesity in children, hoping to shed light on why some kids don’t get fat and others do. The researchers found that as a child’s waistline gets larger, the full signal is blunted or delayed and the desire for food intake increases.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that carnosine promotes the normal function of nerves to stimulate the breakdown of fat via histamine receptors.
Saturday, July 05, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New concepts in the management of diabetes are taking center stage in our society because widespread dietary and lifestyle abuse has led to an epidemic of type II diabetes in children, teenagers, and young adults. The use of drugs to manipulate numbers and gene function within cells has thus far proven to be a miserable failure. Drugs do not restore health, and as a recent clinical trial proves the more aggressively they are used to treat diabetes the higher the risk for death.
Thursday, July 03, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study in overweight women shows that 900 mg per day of supplemental calcium increases their ability to burn fat for fuel. This ability is enhanced by vitamin D status.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Too many Americans are addicted to sweet taste and have an adversely altered taste perception. On the flip side of this coin is a more neutral reaction to bitter-tasting vegetables. New research in children shows that those with an increased aversion to bitter taste are six times more likely to become obese – a problem that is aggravated if their mother is also overweight.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New research confirms what many of you already know: whatever weight you managed to lose during the week is gained back on the weekend, resulting in Monday morning gloom as you look at the scale. Saturdays are king of fat intake, topping all other days of the week.
