Exercise hormone provides obesity key.
At the beginning of the week, I saw a report on Fox News (Is There an Anti-Obesity Pill on the Way? Jan. 16, 2012) that caught my attention. It concerned a newly-discovered exercise hormone uncovered by Harvard researchers that appears to be a potent catalyst and regulator of metabolism and weight. The study appeared in Nature. So far, so good.
The media has heralded this study and others like it as one of the newest and most promising obesity theories.
If Big Pharma does get involved, I am… Continue reading Categories
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January 19th, 2012Exercise hormone provides obesity key.
At the beginning of the week, I saw a report on Fox News (Is There an Anti-Obesity Pill on the Way? Jan. 16, 2012) that caught my attention. It concerned a newly-discovered exercise hormone uncovered by Harvard researchers that appears to be a potent catalyst and regulator of metabolism and weight. The study appeared in Nature. So far, so good.
The media has heralded this study and others like it as one of the newest and most promising obesity theories.
If Big Pharma does get involved, I am… Continue reading Ignite Your Fat Burning Engine
June 30th, 2011
Blast off fat this 4th of July.
A hot topic (literally) of late has been capsaicin, a substance that has been firing up the circulation for centuries. Found in sweat-inducing foods and spices like cayenne, capsaicin provides the power to get the blood pumping efficiently, the body’s metabolic rate stimulated—and fat blasted out of the body.
It works by turning white fat cells into brown, and then activating the hybrid fat to burn itself to elimination. While many are now rushing to get their hands on hot peppers and Tabasco sauce (one recent study… Continue reading The Latest Buzz on Brown Fat
August 20th, 2009
Rev Up Your Own Calorie-Burner.
Carrying around a few ounces of brown adipose (fatty) tissue can burn up to one-fifth of your daily calories. While I've been writing about the benefits of this type of fat in utilizing stored fat for 20 years, three recent studies explain why it's so important in the current obesity epidemic.
In one large study, women with higher levels of metabolically active brown fat, identified by PET scans, have lower body-mass indexes (or BMI). This research also reports that brown fat is more prevalent in younger people and… Continue reading
Carrying around a few ounces of brown adipose (fatty) tissue can burn up to one-fifth of your daily calories. While I've been writing about the benefits of this type of fat in utilizing stored fat for 20 years, three recent studies explain why it's so important in the current obesity epidemic.
In one large study, women with higher levels of metabolically active brown fat, identified by PET scans, have lower body-mass indexes (or BMI). This research also reports that brown fat is more prevalent in younger people and… Continue reading Agave Ain’t Good!
April 20th, 2009
Lots of news to report. From the homefront, I am happy to report that I just completed another book in the Fat Flush series which, G-d willing, will be in bookstores in December. This book, Fat Flush for Life, will offer a wellness plan and brand new recipes, some major protocol and fitness tweaks - all designed to make your weight loss results last for a lifetime. I can't wait to have you read it. And try it.
Now - the biggest nutritional news of all - besides the rediscovery of brown fat… Continue reading
Activate Brown Fat to Lose Weight
April 13th, 2009
I am sure you have all heard by now about the "groundbreaking" research published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week about brown fat and its tremendous impact on fat burning - without exercise. Yes, its true. There is such a fat called "brown fat" in your body which has a brownish color due to the little fat-burning factories called mitochondria, it contains. Unlike white fat, brown fat lies deeper, surrounding organs and running along the neck and spine. It is dormant in overweight individuals and highly active in those who are slim and trim. It is also… Continue reading
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