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Fatty Processed Foods Trigger Addiction, Brain Damage
Although there are many surprising culprits behind obesity and weight gain, recent research may reveals some shocking information every overweight person should know about. A recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that junk food has a brain-altering effect which makes you eat it more of it. High-fat food processed food consumption causes damage to the hypothalmus part of your brain – an area responsible for levels of hunger, thirst, and the body’s natural rhythms and cycles.
Liposuction Not a Permanent Weight Loss Solution | Fat Returns and Relocates
Obesity is a global and nation-wide problem, and everyone knows it. Obesity rates are steadily climbing, and what’s worse is that many people feel powerless when it comes to losing or maintaining weight. Resting at a maintained weight isn’t terribly difficult to do, but it isn’t quite as easy as it used to be either.
7 Fat Habits that Keep You Fat
The most integral part of any fat loss plan is a nutritional plan free of artificial sweeteners, low on sugar, and high in protein and essential fats. Aside from a solid nutritional program, there are a number of subconscious factors that play a role in fat gain.
Scientists Say Fat Consumption Plays Role in Type 2 Diabetes
Sugar is known to play a major role in the development of diabetes, but what about fat? According to US researchers from University of California and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute.
10 Eating Habits that Will Make You Fat
Eating fat won’t make you fat, but any one of these 10 bad eating habits may be contributing to your growing waistline. Many of these you may not even notice you are doing!
Natural Fat Found to Halt Eating Binges
In order to cope with periods of great stress or sadness, many consume sugary junk foods in an attempt to bring themselves pleasure through food. According to a new study, saturated fat may help to curb your desire.
Top 8 Most Unhealthy Restaurant Dishes Revealed
Recently the ‘Xtreme Eating Awards’ were given by the Center for Science in the Public Interest to the top 8 most unhealthy and fattening foods available at American restaurants.
Westerners ‘Programmed to Eat Junk Food’
Scientists at Aberdeen University have discovered that those of European origin are more likely to have genes which urge them to gorge on fatty foods, beer and wine, than Asians. Dr Alasdair MacKenzie explained that the genes controlled the strength of a “switch” that helped determine appetite. He said: “The switch controls the areas of the brain which allows us to select which foods we would like to eat and if it is turned on too strongly we are more likely to crave fatty foods and alcohol.”
Omega-3′s Found to Reduce Anxiety and Inflammation
A new study gauging the impact of consuming more fish oil showed a marked reduction both in inflammation and, surprisingly, in anxiety among a cohort of healthy young people. The findings suggest that if young participants can get such improvements from specific dietary supplements, then the elderly and people at high risk for certain diseases might benefit even more. The findings by a team of researchers at Ohio State University were just published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
7 Steps to Igniting Your Metabolism
Any man can tell you: Dropping a few pounds is one thing; becoming Brad Pitt-in-Fight Club lean is quite another. Which is why you’ll never mistake Jared Fogle for Tyler Durden. After all, if torching that last bit of belly flab were as easy as eating 6-inch sandwiches, the Subway guy would surely be sporting a six-pack by now. The fact is, the closer you are to achieving legendary leanness, the more stubborn your fat stores become.
Fat America: 12 Outrageous Obesity Stats
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) publish an annual report on obesity in the United States. This year, the report is especially startling. In fact, the report is appropriately titled “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011″ [download PDF]. Since 2006, the report has been released each year with data collected from all 50 states. Here are the 12 outrageous facts from the report as covered by Fooducate:
Fatty Foods Trigger Chemical Reaction Similar to Marijuana
It’s hard to eat just one potato chip, and a new study may explain why. Fatty foods like chips and fries trigger the body to produce chemicals much like those found in marijuana, researchers report today (July 4) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). These chemicals, called “endocannabinoids,” are part of a cycle that keeps you coming back for just one more bite of cheese fries, the study found.
Is Your Shampoo Making You Fat?
We all know that Americans — leading the way for the rest of the developed world — are getting fatter. We hear about the “obesity epidemic” on the TV news, with footage of people depicted from the waist down shuffling around in XXL sweatpants and carrying supersized sodas. The majority of us are overweight, complaining about how our jeans are getting tighter and wondering why, despite all our efforts to diet and go to the gym, the number on the scale keeps edging higher.
Food Type, Not Calorie Content, Matters More in Weight Gain
In the game of life and long-term weight maintenance, calories count, but the types of foods might matter more, according to a study by Harvard researchers published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Diets that include potatoes, white bread, sugar-sweetened beverages and meats — well, all that defines modern America — were associated with the greatest weight gain over the 20-year study period.
Diet Sodas Don’t Help with Dieting
Two new studies have linked drinking diet soda to poorer health compared with those who don’t drink the beverage. People who said they drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced waist size increases that were six times greater than those of people who didn’t drink diet soda, according to researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. A second study that found the sweetener aspartame raised blood sugar levels in diabetes-prone mice.
Preventable Disease Alert: Diabetes Rates Rising Worldwide
The last quarter century has seen a such an explosion in the incidence of diabetes that nearly 350 million people worldwide now struggle with the disease, a new British-American study reveals. Over the past three decades the number of adults with diabetes has more than doubled, jumping from 153 million in 1980 to 347 million in 2008. What’s more, the incidence of diabetes in the United States is rising twice as fast as that of Western Europe, the investigation revealed.
The Amazing Oil That Trims Women’s Waistlines
A study has shown that dietary supplementation with coconut oil may result in a reduction in waist circumference and other benefits. A randomized, double-blind clinical trial of 40 women divided them into two groups — one that received daily dietary supplements of soybean oil (group S) and another than received a similar amount of coconut oil (group C). Both groups were instructed to follow a balanced hypocaloric diet and to walk for 50 minutes each day.
Want to Prevent Diabetes? Take More Omega-3, Says New Research
Consuming omega-3 fatty acids may help lower your risk of diabetes, according to two recent studies. The studies, one based in the US, the other in Singapore, found adults with higher levels of omega-3 fats were less likely to develop diabetes. Researchers suggest people avoid interpreting the study as evidence of omega-3′s as a “magic bullet” health solution. They note that omega-3 fats may only be markers for some other dietary or lifestyle aspect which helps protect against the diabetes.
Are Your Allergy Meds Making You Fat?
Allergy season is upon us, and the record pollen levels we’re experiencing this year may have you heading to the allergy relief aisle at your local drugstore. But what you take to alleviate your symptoms could have unpleasant side effects on your waistline. Researchers have suggested thatallergies and weight gain go hand in hand, and that could have to do with the drugs you take or more subtle underlying problems.
Study: Low-Carb, Higher-Fat Diets Lead to Safely-Effective Weight Loss
Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies by heart and vascular researchers at Johns Hopkins. “Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, and even if it means eating more fat”.
