Oleic Acid Helps Curb Hunger
According to researchers at UC Irvine, dietary oleic acid (the main fatty acid in olive oil and avocados) triggers the production of a hormone, oleoylethanolamide, that helps regulate body weight and appetite. Fatty foods may not be the healthiest diet choice, but those rich in unsaturated fats – such as avocados, nuts and olive oil – have been found to play a pivotal role in sending this important message to your brain: stop eating,...
Keeping Sweets Around Builds Willpower?
There are times when studies get over-interpreted. I think this is one of those times. With food, temptation may be a good thing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While dieters often banish tempting foods from their kitchens, a new study suggests that keeping some sweet treats around might be a good way to build willpower. In three tests that presented female college students with tempting foods, researchers found that the women...
Survey: Fewer Americans are Dieting
According to a recent industry survey, fewer people are dieting now than they were two decades ago. When it comes to dieting, Americans put on a good show, buying millions of diet books, watching TV programs about weight loss, obsessing over celebrities and their baby weight. But in the end, that may be all it is: a show. The number of people on a diet – 26 percent of all women in the United States and 16 percent of men for the...
Does Thinking Stimulate Appetite?
Color me skeptical, but I have a hard time believing this: Angelo Tremblay noticed something odd every time he worked up a grant application for his research program in a Quebec university. He had a craving for chocolate chip cookies. Now, thanks to research in his lab at the Universite Laval, he has a better understanding of why. It turns out that performing mental tasks, like trying to solve problems while working at a computer,...
Study: Exercise Blunts Effect of Fat Gene
Hot off the presses: “Exercise blunts fat gene effect” A number of studies have linked variants in a particular gene, FTO, with obesity risk. New research suggests, however, high physical activity could blunt the effects. The researchers looked at 704 Amish men and women, chosen because of that community’s relative genetic “purity”, with members generally able to trace their ancestry back for 14...
The Empire Strikes Back!
As noted here, the Corn Refiners Association is riding high over the AMA’s decision to exonerate high fructose corn syrup as a cause of the obesity epidemic. So high, they’ve gone from playing defense to offense: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsgXPt564Q] Nothing like making your point by paying actors to pretend they’re clueless on camera. What the...
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