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What’s Your Eating Personality?
We are all born intuitive eaters. As babies, we fussed and cried when we were hungry and stopped when we were full. We ate more of the foods we really liked and refused to eat those that we didn’t like. But somewhere along the lines between childhood and adulthood, that changed. We now let external…
CRAVING CONTROL — 6 WAYS TO KILL YOUR CRAVINGS
What is your secret crutch? Your go-to comfort food? That one thing that you absolutely crave; midnight ice cream, street tacos for breakfast, or an entire pizza because your stressed? Tempt me with a jar of peanut butter and a tub of moose tracks ice cream and it is game over. I’m a goner. That…
Testosterone and Obesity
Clinical research suggests that men with Metabolic Syndrome suffer from lower testosterone levels. Although the main role of stored fat is energy and insulation, fat tissues also produce hormones such as leptin, estrogen, resisten and the cytokine TNFα. There is an inverse relationship between estrogen and testosterone. Chronically elevated estrogen levels, lead to suppressed testosterone…
Leptin & Insulin in hunger and satiety
Leptin & Insulin in hunger and satiety The hormonal factors involved in weight loss place both physiological and psychological action on the human body to regulate body weight. Specifically, the two hormones leptin and insulin are crucial modulators of our physiology and our psychology that sometimes make fat loss more challenging to maintain. The…
Thyroid Fucntion: Hypothyroidism & Hyperlipidemia
Last week I discussed the secondary effects of low carb/ketogenic diets and the role that insulin plays in maintaining a well stimulated thyroid. This week I wanted to discuss the impact of hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid) on lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis. What is your thyroid? Thyroid hormones act on almost every kind of cell…