I recently read an interesting review paper by Dr. Edmund T. Rolls titled "Taste, olfactory and food texture reward processing in the brain and the control of appetite" that I'll discuss in this post (1). Dr. Rolls is a prolific neuroscience researcher at Oxford who focuses on "the brain mechanisms of perception, memory, emotion and feeding, and thus of perceptual, memory, emotional and appetite disorders." His website is here. The first half of the paper is technical and discusses some of Dr. Rolls' findings on...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
The Neurobiology of the Obesity Epidemic
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
Speaking at AHS13
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The 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA, August 14-17. Last year was a great conference, and I look forward to more informative talks and networking. Tickets go fast, so reserve yours now if you plan to attend!This year, I'll be speaking on insulin and obesity. My talk will be titled "Insulin and Obesity: Reconciling Conflicting Evidence". In this talk, I'll present the evidence for and against the idea that elevated insulin contributes to the development of obesity. One...
