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I have said for many years that if you want to look like a pyramid then eat like one. The refined and excess carbohydrate plan that is the food pyramid has just been dealt a death blow </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/ear_infections_set_the_stage_for_future_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Ear Infections Set the Stage for Future Obesity</span></a>, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Researchers at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting presented multiple studies linking the frequency of childhood ear infections to the risk of obesity. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/your_sweet_tooth_and_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Your Sweet Tooth and Obesity</span></a>, Monday, August 18, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Individuals are deluded to think that drinking beverages containing no-calorie sweeteners will help them lose weight or at least not gain weight. A new study continues to debunk this myth. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/msg_intake_linked_to_human_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">MSG Intake Linked to Human Obesity</span></a>, Sunday, August 17, 2008 </li></ul> <p>The near-useless FDA has said for a long time that the ingestion of MSG was safe, and so it is used as an addictive flavor additive in countless processed and branded foods in the United States. A new study of Chinese citizens says otherwise, showing that ingestion of MSG is directly linked to obesity. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/coordination_thyroid_and_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Coordination, Thyroid, and Obesity</span></a>, Friday, August 15, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Early impairment of nerve-related function is a clear risk for developing later-life obesity, so concludes new research published in the British Journal of Medicine. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/thyroid_function_closely_associated_with_mood/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Thyroid Function Closely Associated with Mood</span></a>, Saturday, August 09, 2008 </li></ul> <p>New imaging technology is enabling researchers to understand the relationship of thyroid function and just how well your brain works. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/eggs_for_breakfast_helps_weight_loss/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Eggs for Breakfast Helps Weight Loss</span></a>, Wednesday, August 06, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new study shows that men and women who eat two eggs for breakfast lose 65% more weight than those who have a bagel breakfast of equal calories. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_and_the_pleasure_of_food/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity and the Pleasure of Food</span></a>, Tuesday, August 05, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Low levels of dopamine in your brain will cause you to eat more food so that you feel good. New research shows that obese animals have half the dopamine levels of normal, and it took much more stimulation to get an adequate release of pleasure. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/protect_your_bones_during_weight_loss/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Protect Your Bones During Weight Loss</span></a>, Saturday, August 02, 2008 </li></ul> <p>There is a right way to lose weight and a wrong way. The wrong way is to go on a starvation low-calorie diet and induce the leptin starvation response. When this happens you lose bone mass and weight, and you are much more likely to gain the weight back later. New research shows that the jolt to your bones may continue even after the weight loss has stopped. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_costs_and_trends/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity Costs and Trends</span></a>, Friday, August 01, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Several rather sobering studies were published this week regarding the costs of obesity and its current trend. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/body_fat_is_a_direct_indicator_of_oxidative_stress/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Body Fat is a Direct Indicator of Oxidative Stress</span></a>, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/b_vitamins_reduce_obesity_proneness/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">B Vitamins Reduce Obesity Proneness</span></a>, Monday, July 28, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/appetite_drives_obesity_in_children/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Appetite Drives Obesity in Children</span></a>, Thursday, July 17, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/carnosine_helps_fat_metabolism/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Carnosine Helps Fat Metabolism</span></a>, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new study shows that carnosine promotes the normal function of nerves to stimulate the breakdown of fat via histamine receptors. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/nutrients_safely_boost_metabolism_in_diabetic_rats/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Nutrients Safely Boost Metabolism in Diabetic Rats</span></a>, Saturday, July 05, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/calcium_and_vitamin_d_for_fat_burning/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Calcium and Vitamin D for Fat Burning</span></a>, Thursday, July 03, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/train_your_bitter_tooth_to_prevent_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Train Your “Bitter Tooth” to Prevent Obesity</span></a>, Wednesday, July 02, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/weekends_add_pounds_healthy_tips_for_the_4th/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Weekends Add Pounds – Healthy Tips for the 4th</span></a>, Tuesday, July 01, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_immunity_and_premature_death/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity, Immunity, and Premature Death</span></a>, Friday, June 27, 2008 </li></ul> <p>It is convenient for modern medicine to separate a patient’s problems into neatly divided specialty areas so that problems can be micro-analyzed by various specialists. This is convenient for treating, diagnosing, referring, and drug dispensing. This system generates income for the sickness industry but it often fails to understand the highly integrated nature of any problem you may be having. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/waist_to_height_ratio_is_your_stomach_too_large/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Waist to Height Ratio – Is your Stomach Too Large?</span></a>, Thursday, June 26, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new simple way to judge waistline size and health has emerged that applies to children, adults, and either sex. The goal is to keep your waist size to less than ½ your height. Just figure out your height in inches and divide by two. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/does_low_leptin_doom_dieting/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Does Low Leptin Doom Dieting?</span></a>, Sunday, June 22, 2008 </li></ul> <p>The drug industry is doing everything in its power to get leptin drugs on the market for some type of widespread weight-loss angle. The problem is that such drugs don’t work, because just about everyone who is overweight makes too much leptin. This was apparent back in 2002 when there were only 5000 leptin studies, now there are 14,000. Consumer beware – researchers paid by Big Pharma are actively and intentionally creating a twisted misrepresentation relating to how leptin works, solely to sell drugs. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/ama_condones_high_fructose_corn_syrup/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">AMA Condones High Fructose Corn Syrup</span></a>, Saturday, June 21, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Embarrassingly, the AMA has voted in defense of high fructose corn syrup, making its entire organization look like a ship of fools. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/regular_aerobics_decreases_appetite_boosts_brain/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Regular Aerobics Decreases Appetite, Boosts Brain</span></a>, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Researchers documented that a potent brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was significantly boosted by 3 months of aerobic exercise – and the higher its level the less a person wants to eat and the greater their weight loss. This is the first time BDNF levels have been linked to appetite suppression – a significant finding. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/hunger_hormone_helps_alleviate_stress_and_depression/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Hunger Hormone Helps Alleviate Stress and Depression</span></a>, Monday, June 16, 2008 </li></ul> <p>In a strange twist of events your stomach’s hunger hormone, ghrelin, may help to protect you against stress-induced anxiety and depression. This “gift” of protection comes at a price – eating too much food in response to stress. This new information shows just how powerful stress eating can be, as this type of survival signaling is wired to your core subconscious brain. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/lack_of_sleep_causes_excess_carbohydrate_consumption/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Lack of Sleep Causes Excess Carbohydrate Consumption</span></a>, Thursday, June 12, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Fail to get enough restful sleep and the next day you will crave and eat too many carbohydrates – even getting drawn into the evil of snacking. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/high_protein_meals_reduce_appetite/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">High Protein Meals Reduce Appetite</span></a>, Monday, June 09, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Studies detailing the effects of protein on rat brain neuro-circuitry have shown that higher protein meals increase your subconscious brains satiety signals, helping you feel full. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/dairy_and_lean_meat_prevent_bone_loss_during_weight_loss/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Dairy Prevents Bone Loss During Weight Loss</span></a>, Friday, June 06, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A diet of lean protein and low fat dairy, along with vegetables and fruit, was able to stop bone loss during weight loss – something that our government’s food pyramid guidelines could not do. Study participants consume 30% of their calories from protein, while the food pyramid recommends only 10% of calories from protein. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/sugar_addiction_drives_childhood_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Sugar Addiction Drives Childhood Obesity</span></a>, Wednesday, June 04, 2008 </li></ul> <p>It’s obvious to just about anyone that excess sugar consumption makes you fat. Now we even have data to prove that excessive sugar consumption, mostly from sweetened drinks like soda, is up at a rate that would require a 1 hour jog per day just to burn of the extra calories. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/pine_nut_oil_reduces_food_desire/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Pine Nut Oil Reduces Food Desire</span></a>, Monday, June 02, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Two new studies confirm the helpful role of Pine Nut Oil to reduce the desire to eat larger portions. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/do_you_eat_what_you_know_you_should_be_eating/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Do You Eat What You Know You Should Be Eating?</span></a>, Saturday, May 31, 2008 </li></ul> <p>There appears to be a very large disconnect between what a person knows they should be eating and what they tend to eat. New research is demonstrating that emotional states of feeling, otherwise known as stress eating, take priority over logic when it comes to consuming food. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/refined_carbohydrates_and_the_fast_track_to_disease/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Refined Carbohydrates and the Fast Track to Disease</span></a>, Thursday, May 29, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new study shows just how deadly refined carbohydrates are – even for a healthy person. One serving given to a lean and healthy young adult is adequate to triple the inflammatory response to the surge in glucose. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/msg_can_make_you_fat/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">MSG Can Make You Fat</span></a>, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new study involving Chinese citizens found that MSG intake of 330 mg a day doubled the risk for obesity, independent of diet and exercise. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/refined_carbohydrates_linked_to_breast_cancer/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Refined Carbohydrates Linked to Breast Cancer</span></a>, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new study demonstrates that both estrogen positive and estrogen negative breast cancer in post menopausal women is linked directly to the size of their waistline and consumption of junky carbohydrates. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/stress_subordination_and_cravings/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Stress, Subordination, and Cravings</span></a>, Saturday, May 17, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Research on female monkeys shows that those in a subservient role and under chronic stress ate significantly more food resulting in weight gain, compared to the female monkeys in the dominating role. New research on humans does show that women with poor stress management skills will keep eating after they are full simply to make negative emotional feelings go away. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/your_stomach_and_cardiovascular_health/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Your Stomach and Cardiovascular Health</span></a>, Thursday, May 15, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Just about everyone now realizes that the size of your waistline reflects your degree of cardiovascular risk. A new angle on the issue has emerged and it has to do with your stomach itself, as opposed to the amount of extra belly fat. It has to do with your stomach’s hunger signal, ghrelin. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/digestive_inflammation_and_food_cravings/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Digestive Inflammation and Food Cravings</span></a>, <p>Several new lines of research are showing that ghrelin levels are elevated during digestive distress in an effort to coordinate repair of your digestive tract. <br /> The adverse side effect of elevated ghrelin is that your appetite will elevate and you will eat more food, making you gain weight. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/looking_back_for_answers_on_stress_eating/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Looking Back for Answers on Stress Eating</span></a>, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A great deal of eating behavior is buried in subconscious brain circuitry that was developed in your early life. Such programming is more like computer hardware than software, which is why many of us struggle to “change the eating programs.” </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_increases_the_risk_for_mental_decline/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity Increases the Risk for Mental Decline</span></a>, Monday, May 12, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/ghrelin_elevated_by_sluggish_thyroid_function/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Ghrelin Elevated by Sluggish Thyroid Function</span></a>, <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/big_pharma_eyes_your_stomach/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Big Pharma Eyes Your Stomach</span></a>, <p>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. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_il6_and_the_cause_of_heart_failure/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity, IL6, and the Cause of Heart Failure</span></a>, Saturday, May 03, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/thyroid_hormone_leptin_and_coordination/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Thyroid Hormone, Leptin, and Coordination</span></a>, Thursday, May 01, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/slightly_low_thyroid_linked_to_fatal_heart_disease_in_women/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Low Thyroid Linked to Fatal Heart Disease in Women</span></a>, <p>A stunning thyroid study has just been published in the <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i>. 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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/living_by_fast_food_is_dangerous_to_your_health/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Living by Fast Food is Dangerous to Your health</span></a>, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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, <i>Designed for Disease: the Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes</i>, was conducted in California but certainly applies though out U.S. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/leptin_adiponectin_and_kidney_disease/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Leptin, Adiponectin, and Kidney Disease</span></a>, Sunday, April 27, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/is_obesity_the_chicken_or_the_egg_for_disease_risk/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Is Obesity the Chicken or the Egg for Disease Risk?</span></a>, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/guess_what_a_fat_stomach_craves_food/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Guess What? - A Fat Stomach Craves Food</span></a>, Thursday, April 17, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/birth_weight_early_weight_gain_heart_disease/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Birth Weight & Early Weight Gain = Heart Disease</span></a>, Sunday, April 13, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A new British study links inflammation from the womb (low birth weight babies) through early life weight gain and shows that this issue sets the stage for cardiovascular disease in later life. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/a_mothers_leptin_problems_linked_to_autism_risk_in_children/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">A Mother’s Leptin Problems Linked to Autism Risk</span></a>, Thursday, April 03, 2008 </li></ul> <p>The importance of a mom being healthy body weight prior to pregnancy and having good nutritional status and eating habits has now been driven home by a new autism study. The study showed that children who develop early autism have significantly higher blood levels of leptin. Those levels are high because of adverse fetal programming due to a leptin resistant mother. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/mothers_healthy_choices_influence_obesity_in_offspring/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Mother’s Healthy Choices Influence Obesity in Offspring</span></a>, Tuesday, April 01, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A wide range of cutting edge obesity research was presented at a Conference held March 28, 2008 in Great Brittan. The conference focused on the importance of prenatal, postnatal, and early childhood eating as a determinant for later life food choices and obesity risk. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/food_addiction_and_stress_eating_mechanism_identified/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Food Addiction and Stress Eating Mechanism Identified</span></a>, <p>By experimenting with mice that were bred to have no sweet-taste ability, a direct link of food intake to pleasure has been identified for the first time. This mechanism is important because it links food acquisition directly to addictive or stress-related eating “solutions.” </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/a_fat_stomach_sets_the_stage_for_cognitive_decline/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">A Fat Stomach Sets the Stage for Cognitive Decline</span></a>, <p>A three decade study looked into the relationship between abdominal fat and the risk for developing dementia. The findings are not good news for any person with extra weight around the middle. It was revealed that the larger your waistline in your 40s, the greater the risk for developing dementia in later life. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/bone_research_leads_to_big_fat_discovery/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Bone Research Leads to Big Fat Discovery</span></a>, Monday, March 17, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Scientists are now linking precise mechanisms showing how immune cells stimulate new fat cells, causing obesity. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obesity_increases_risk_for_aggressive_breast_cancer/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obesity Increases Risk for Aggressive Breast Cancer</span></a>, <p>A wake up call has been issued to women. If you are overweight and you get breast cancer it is more likely to be life threatening, and you have significantly poorer odds of being alive 5 or 10 years following treatment if weight issues are not corrected. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/an_imbalanced_gut_contributes_to_obesity_risk/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">An Imbalanced Digestive Tract Contributes to Obesity</span></a>, Sunday, March 09, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A fascinating study shows that children lacking good digestive bacteria at birth were much more likely to become overweight by age 7 compared to children with healthy levels of friendly digestive bacteria. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/new_obesity_link_to_breast_and_prostate_cancer/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">New Obesity Link to Breast and Prostate Cancer</span></a>, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 </li></ul> <p>New information helps to explain how breast and prostate cancer are linked to obesity. Two hormones that come from fat, leptin and adiponectin, are involved in the problem. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/cancer_risk_goes_up_with_body_weight/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Cancer Risk Goes Up with Body Weight</span></a>, <p>UK researchers have reviewed 140 studies evaluating body mass index (obesity) and the risk for cancer. They found that as body weight goes up, cancer risk goes up. The incidences of various types of cancer were directly linked to progressive obesity. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/cold_induced_gene_mutations_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Cold-Induced Gene Mutations & Obesity</span></a>, Saturday, February 16, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Numerous genes are different in those whose ancestors came from more Northern climates, especially changes in the leptin receptors. This clearly means the stronger your ancestry is linked to colder climates the more you are genetically predisposed to obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/zero_calorie_saccharin_makes_rats_fat/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Zero-Calorie Saccharin Makes Rats Fat</span></a>, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 </li></ul> <p>The latest salvo fired off at the multi-billion dollar sweetener industry found that feeding rats zero-calorie saccharin (the main component of Sweet n’ Low), compared to actually eating sugar, caused them to eat more food in general as well as depressed their metabolic response to food – a double negative that readily promoted weight gain. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/obese_lacking_key_basic_nutrients/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Obese Lacking Key Basic Nutrients</span></a>, Monday, February 11, 2008 </li></ul> <p>Norwegian researchers found that obese individuals were significantly lacking in vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E. This lack of nutrients was associated with a mild elevation of C-Reactive protein, an important inflammatory marker. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/sleep_and_obesity_in_children/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Sleep Problems and Obesity in Children</span></a>, <p>A February 2008 meta analysis regarding children and their lack of sleep is driving home an important point: children who do not get enough sleep are much more likely to gain excess weight. Children with the least amount of sleep had a 92% higher rate of being overweight compared to the best sleepers. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/the_brain_development_link_to_obesity_and_heart_disease/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Brain Development Link to Obesity and Heart Disease</span></a>, Wednesday, February 06, 2008 </li></ul> <p>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.... <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/scientists_blame_food_pyramid_for_obesity_epidemic/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Scientists Blame Food Pyramid for Obesity Epidemic</span></a>, Monday, February 04, 2008 </li></ul> <p>It is about time that mainstream science is beginning to see the light. A new scientific review of the evidence shows that America’s obesity epidemic is traceable to the shoddy public health policy and bogus nutrition science pushed on Americans by the federal government since 1970.... <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/pollution_is_one_likely_major_cause_of_diabetes_and_obesity/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Pollution is One Major Cause of Diabetes and Obesity</span></a>, Friday, January 25, 2008 </li></ul> <p>In the January 25, 2008 issue of the <i>Lancet</i> an article appears, which if followed up on, would positively change the health of all Americans for generations to come. The article is titled <i>Environmental pollution and diabetes: a neglected association</i>. It is based on a solid scientific link between insulin resistance and pollution, especially compounds like PCBs and many pesticides used on food. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/men_live_longer_who_are_fit/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Men Who Are Fit Live Longer</span></a>, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A study released today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association tested 15,660 African-American and Caucasian men over a 7.5 year period to determine if exercise capacity is a specific predictor of mortality. The study found that very fit individuals had a 70% reduced death rate and highly fit individuals had a 50% reduced death rate. <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/inflammation_links_abdominal_fat_as_source_of_heart_disease/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Inflammation Links Abdominal Fat as Source of Heart Disease</span></a>, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 </li></ul> <p>The circumstantial evidence has been in for quite some time, the larger the abdomen the greater the risk for heart disease… </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/higher_dietary_protein_helps_control_appetite/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Higher Dietary Protein Helps Control Appetite</span></a>, <p>A new study shows that ghrelin, your stomach’s very own appetite signal, is much more under control for a longer period of time in response to a high protein meal. When carbohydrates are eaten alone ghrelin is temporarily happy, but comes back with a vengeance 3 hours later (causing you to be more hungry). </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/lipoic_acid_reduces_hardening_of_arteries_boosts_weight_loss/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Lipoic Acid Reduces Hardening of Arteries, Boosts Weight Loss</span></a>, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 </li></ul> <p>R-Alpha Lipoic Acid is one of the hottest research nutrients, a powerful antioxidant that is also intimately involved in the metabolism of calories. Researchers from the Linus Pauling Institute and College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University have completed animal studies clearly showing that “lipoic acid can inhibit formation of arterial lesions, lower triglycerides, and reduce blood vessel inflammation and weight gain – all key issues for addressing cardiovascular disease.” </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/bone_health_opens_a_new_door_to_blood_sugar_metabolism/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Bone Health Opens a New Door to Blood Sugar Metabolism</span></a>, Monday, January 14, 2008 </li></ul> <p>It was surprising enough when fat was found making various hormones like leptin and adiponectin and thus became an endocrine organ (hormone secreting). It is now time to add bones to the list of endocrine organs that have a major influence on the metabolism of calories. The new discoveries have immediate implications for improved bone health, improved blood sugar levels, and weight management. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/whey_protein_improves_muscle_reduces_body_fat_and_promotes_a_natural_full_f/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Whey Protein Improves Muscle, Reduces Body Fat, and Promotes a Natural Full Feeling</span></a>, Tuesday, January 08, 2008 </li></ul> <p>A variety of new studies regarding the health benefits of whey protein, especially for middle aged and older Americans, are now being reported in the scientific literature. Whey protein stands out as the very best protein to build muscle strength, even superior to red meat. A new scientific review finds this is a very important issue for older Americans trying to maintain their health… <br /> </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/quality_sleep_is_a_weight_loss_key/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Quality Sleep is a Weight-Loss Key</span></a>, Wednesday, January 02, 2008 </li></ul> <p>I have long reported that sleep is the primary fat-burning time, especially when a person does not eat food before bed. Of course if you exercise you will burn more calories during and following exercise; but in terms of the ideal time of the day to simply burn more fat it is during sleep. Between meals during the day (assuming you do not snack) you will burn 60% glucose and 40% fatty acids. After 6 hours of not eating (such as during sleep) this ratio flips around and you begin to burn 60% fatty acids until you wake up, your prime fat-burning time if you have managed your daily eating patterns according to the Leptin Diet. </p> <div class="hr"><hr /></div>  <ul class="noDecoration"><li><a href="/weight/articles/bad_breath_more_common_in_overweight_people/"><span style="color: #002B3E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold">Bad Breath more Common in Overweight People</span></a>, Wednesday, December 26, 2007 </li></ul> <p>Researchers at Tel Aviv University are the first to identify a link between bad breath and being overweight. Alcohol intake was also a problem. 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