I remember way back when… the saccharine study was all the rage. Right before it was basically outlawed. One of the statements made was that if sugar were not a natural substance and subject to the same testing as saccharine, it would have been eradicated from the market. Because the same dose of sugar in pop was far more harmful to humans than saccharine.
Continue reading Sugar High (or is that low?)
Our companions make a difference. The old rule of thumb was to examine your five closest friends- because they tell a great deal about you. Now, there’s data that roommates (at colleges) dramatically affect the thinking of one another. If you are assigned a depressed or negative outlook individual- the odds are your outlook will begin to match theirs.
Continue reading Does it take a village?
I admit it. I’ve been a fan of David Kessler since his first year as FDA Commissioner. He not only streamlined approvals (without sacrificing safety), he required nutrition labelling of foods, and took on the cigarette (tobacco) lobby. He graduated from Harvard Med and Chicago Law, ran a teaching hospital in Manhattan, was Dean of Yale Medical School, among many other things. Just your normal underachieving academic.
We are obese. No, not just Americans, but most of the “First World” nations’ citizens. It’s not just because we eat those 942 calorie fast food sandwiches. It’s because we have become sedentary. Oh, let’s cut the crap- it’s because we’ve become lazy. We don’t exercise.
Continue reading Exercise reframe
You know that statement: Decisions have consequences. Well, this is a great example of that fact.
Continue reading Decisions have Consequences
You know that we are getting heftier. Oh, let’s cut the crap. We are becoming obese. And, we know that a 0.1 change in BMI is associated with a 1% change (for the worse, of course) in our well-being (as we age).
Continue reading Another problem with our propensity towards obesity
Dr. Suraj Unniappan, along with Drs. Gonzalez,Perry, Ceddia, Reingold, Gao, Gaidhu, and Tsushima from York University (Canada) have been expanding their research on nefstatin-1, a brain protein. This protein was first described in Nature (2006) by Dr. Mori (along with 14 other researchers from Japan), where it was found to interact with receptors in the nucleus and hypothalamus.
Continue reading Obesity buster?
You know that expression, “Do as I say, not as I do?”. I am not a fan of it at all. But, there’s new preliminary research (much more work must be done before we can prognosticate with certainty) that may make this posting one of “Do as I say, I’ll be joining the ranks imminently!” Given that introduction, we can proceed.
Continue reading The Breakfast Effect?