Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
After high fat meals, women preferentially store fat in their legs. Storage in upper body subcutaneous tissue was similar in both sexes...suggesting that the men were preferentially storing the fat as visceral fat.
The researchers concluded that this was driven by increased LPL (lipoprotein lipase) activity in women, which is most ...
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
The researchers used the drug bromocriptine (a D2R agonist) to simulate higher dopamine levels. Insulin sensitivity and fat oxidation improved.
Body weight did not improve during the time of the study, but improved insulin sensitivity and fat oxidation rates should improve body composition over time (the study only lasted 8 days). ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
The group that received moderately high dosages (8.3 grams per day) of the amino acid l-arginine had improved insulin sensitivity, antioxidant status and achieved greater weight loss results than the control group.
Of particular interest is the fact that the arginine group had a greater reduction in waist circumference, consistant with ...
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Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Eating habits vary considerable among people. It appears that our eating patterns are designed to defend against eating too little more vigorously than eating too much. The researchers concluded that the lower the correlation coefficient between the energy content and the mass of food intake, the higher the BMI.
Energy content ...
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Friday, October 20th, 2006
Those who skip breakfast are more likely to binge eat later in the day. Also, those who consumed more meals (including breakfast and snacks) weighed less than those who eat fewer meals.
If you are not hungry in the morning it means you are eating too much food the night before.
Abstract
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Of the children studied that attended obesity camps for 2 or more summers, about 61% where able to maintain their BMI at less than the initial measurement. The children where very successful at losing weight while at the camp, but regained at least some of the weight during the rest ...
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