The Claim: We Overeat Because Our Diet is Low in Vitamins and MineralsWe know that animals, including humans, seek certain properties of food. Humans are naturally attracted to food that's high in fat, sugar, starch, and protein, and tend to be less enthusiastic about low-calorie foods that don't have these properties, like vegetables (1). Think cookies vs. plain carrots.In certain cases, the human body is able to detect a nutritional need and take steps to correct it. For example, people who are placed on...
Monday, 30 December 2013
Does the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Food Influence Our Food Intake and Body Fatness?
Posted by Admin in: diet overweight
Read More
Friday, 20 December 2013
Food Reward Friday
Posted by Admin
This week's lucky "winner"... peanut M + M's!!!Read more...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist?
Posted by Admin in: cancer Cardiovascular disease diabetes disease metabolic syndrome overweight
Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic alterations and negative health outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer (1, 2, 3, 4). Excess body fat is one of the primary causes of preventable health problems and mortality in the United States and many other affluent nations, ranking in importance with cigarette smoking and physical inactivity. Obesity is thought to contribute to disease via the metabolic disturbances it causes, including excess glucose and lipids...
