Let's kick off this post with a quote from a 2001 review paper (1):Increased variety in the food supply may contribute to the development and maintenance of obesity. Thirty-nine studies examining dietary variety, energy intake, and body composition are reviewed. Animal and human studies show that food consumption increases when there is more variety in a meal or diet and that greater dietary variety is associated with increased body weight and fat.This may seem counterintuitive, since variety in the diet is generally...
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Food Variety, Calorie Intake, and Weight Gain
Posted by Admin in: Food reward hyperphagia overweight
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Friday, 26 April 2013
Food Reward Friday
Posted by Admin in: Food reward Fridays superstimuli
This week's lucky "winner"... ice cream!!Read more...
Monday, 22 April 2013
Book Review: Salt, Sugar, Fat
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Michael Moss is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who has made a career writing about the US food system. In his latest book, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, he attempts to explain how the processed food industry has been so successful at increasing its control over US "stomach share". Although the book doesn't focus on the obesity epidemic, the relevance is obvious. Salt, Sugar, Fat is required reading for anyone who wants to understand why obesity is becoming more common in the US and...
Friday, 19 April 2013
Food Reward Friday
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This week's lucky "winner"... energy bars!Read more...
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Glucagon, Dietary Protein, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets
Posted by Admin in: diet liver low-carb overweight
Glucagon is a hormone that plays an important role in blood glucose control. Like insulin, it's secreted by the pancreas, though it's secreted by a different cell population than insulin (alpha vs. beta cells). In some ways, glucagon opposes insulin. However, the role of glucagon in metabolism is frequently misunderstood in diet-health circles. The liver normally stores glucose in the form of glycogen and releases it into the bloodstream as needed. It can also manufacture glucose from glycerol, lactate,...
Monday, 1 April 2013
Are Animal Crackers Paleo?
Posted by Admin in: April fool's paleolithic diet
Warning -- Satire -- April Fool's PostEvery child loves animal crackers, those sweet and crunchy animal-shaped biscuits. But are they compatible with a Paleo diet? Some people might think they already know the answer, but consider this: our ancestors evolved on the African savanna, eating the plants and animals found there. Inside each box of animal crackers is an assortment of tiny savanna creatures such as giraffes...
