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So we’ve all seen Arnold Schwarzenegger’s favorite insecure narcissist (no not the cleaning-woman), Jamie-Lee Curtis hinting at the tectonic detonations that must be occurring in her GI-tract on a daily basis.
Well Thank God, a few crafty researchers at Vanderbilt have addressed a far more serious problem than scorched neighbor-hedges as the result of morning yoga downward-dog in Malibu.
The Sean Davies team has come up with a very-possible One-Pill-Cure to: … Obesity!
As you might imagine…
Nothing too revolutionary here. -At least not in-terms of biotech inventions or hidden health-hacks and freakonomics.
Just a very determined average person trying whatever she could do, one baby-step at a time.
Teena Henson’s story is “Biggest Loser”-weight loss without all the BS or reality-TV-salaciousness.
Among those small steps were: Finding a gym with workable hours, Quitting soda immediately, Losing other fast carbs, Phasing-in exercise, Switching …
Ever hear someone called a Fathead? Well whoever invented that sobriquet turns out to be on to something.
In addition to just plain plotting to kill you, your Fat is officially also making you easier prey on the Savannah by turning your brain into a pile of mush before it finishes you off.
[ed: your cat has not yet been formally indicted on equal conspiracy charges, but come-on…]
So: The latest salvo launched by Researchers at Georgia Regents University’s Prevention Center is a mouse study that not only showed excess amounts of body-fat produce inflammation…
In this podcast, Leonard and Robert have a fascinating info-packed talk about:
1) Biochemistry
2) Metabolic syndrome
3) Excess insulin
4) Calorie-starvation
5) Mixed hypothalamus signals
6) Fatty liver disease
7) Vicious-circles
8) Wrongly-demonized fats…
Here’s a great video by ASAP Science to show you what 200 calories looks like.
It’s also a pretty good primer on the different Calorie-Densities of the foods you’re probably eating.
And while you’re thinking about them, remember: Processed, Take-out, and Restaurant foods will likely have a lot of extra calories you don’t really need.
One example is the difference between…
CiCi’s All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet-buzzkilling researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered both an interesting and depressing quirk about a particular fat-fighting type of cell in the body.
Their potency to regulate obesity goes down the fatter you get. Oh; And then it just quits.
It turns out these cells, called INKTs, help keep most people from getting obese.
But there comes a tipping-point, where they just seem to stop and teir efficacy then approaches zero; However…
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-Saving at least a little face in the bottom of the 9th.
A recent study on obesity in children showed that the fattest group of was 2x as likely to have BPA in them, but only provided they were white.
The jury is still out, with the more likely candidate being Soda Consumption, as BPA is part of the plastic bottles it comes in…
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SnackWell Ninjas+Glucose Grenades+Corn-spiracies==NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!
Mad King Dr. David Ludwig and his team of Insulin-Warriors published a study on diet results for macronutrient types in the JAMA that challenges a few inaccuracies and throws a +/-surprise or two.
They took a group of 21 obese individuals, brought them down about 30 pounds,…
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