Obesity Articles

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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

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

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

Pomegranate Protects HDL Cholesterol from Damage

A new study shows that pomegranate can protect your HDL cholesterol. This is very important as those undergoing metabolic stress from being overweight, developing diabetes, or the metabolic syndrome often have lower levels of HDL cholesterol.

Read More: HDL cholesterol, obesity, paraoxonase-1, Pomegranate

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

Resveratrol Helps Improve the Fitness of Your Fat

The health of your white adipose tissue determines your metabolic and cardiovascular risk. Many nutrients are showing that they can favorably influence the fitness of your fat and a new study shows that resveratrol is one of them.

Read More: fat cells, obesity, Resveratrol, SIRT1, white adipose tissue

Obesity Trend Out of Control

A new independent report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, makes it plain that America is in the midst of a rapidly expanding obesity epidemic. Obesity rates rose in 28 states in the past year. 38 states now have obesity rates above 25% and 8 states have rates above 30%. If health care costs are to be spread amongst all Americans then this is everyone’s problem.

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

Big Brother Will Be Watching Your Weight

Do you remember that stimulus package back in 2009? It also contained the first steps of health care reform and its ambiguous language required lots of new rules and regulations. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just issued some new regulations and she wants to be sure the government knows exactly how fat you are. After all, obesity causes lots of disease.

Read More: BMI, CDC, FDA, HHS, obesity

Bone Health Can Help Prevent Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

A unique strain of mouse was bred to have no insulin receptors on its bone-building osteoblasts, although it had insulin receptors every place else. The mouse became fat. As it aged it grew even fatter and its blood sugar levels shot up and it developed severe insulin resistance. The mouse was treated with osteocalcin and the problems reversed. Welcome to the new world of bones as a metabolic powerhouse. We are witnessing a major breakthrough in the subjects of both bone and metabolic health.

Read More: insulin resistance, obesity, osteoblasts, osteocalcin, type II diabetes

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