Our Human Microbiome or 100 Trillion Mad Bacteria and I Thought We Were Alone
The Last Frontier In the “Last Frontier” of Medicine, as my Trekkie friends would say, scientists and physicians are exploring how the […]
Category: Obesity
Do Genetics Determine If I Will Have Heart Disease?
I read an article a couple of days ago that was written by a medical colleague of mine. It reminded me of […]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Their Role in Inflammation
What are essential fatty acids? There are three essential fatty acids. They are called essential to human health because the body cannot […]
The Role of Water in Weight Loss
If you listen to the television ads, America runs on high fructose corn syrup drinks, like Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Maybe that’s why […]
The Hormones of Fat
Leptin and Insulin While the Energizer Bunny runs on batteries, our bodies run on hormones. Hormones tell our bodies to burn […]
Good Fats and Fatty Substances
The Skinny on Fats Fats and oils are part of a healthy diet and play many important roles in the body. Fat […]
The Role of Inflammation in Obesity
What is inflammation? More and more today, research and scientific papers are written talking about inflammation. How often have we seen something […]
Yo-Yo Dieting: Breaking the Fat Cycle
Lethal Impact of Obesity (Surplus Body Fat) As I mentioned in an earlier blog, fat cells in obese people behave differently than […]
The Role of Stress and Sleep in Obesity
Chronic stress, combined with positive energy balance (accumulation of body fat because energy is stored as fat), may cause an increased risk […]
The Role of Toxins in Obesity
In medical school, future doctors are taught that obesity is simply an imbalance of calories consumed and calories burned. In other words, […]