Animal study suggests a paternal fish oil supplement may lower obesity risk in offspring  Medical Xpress Source link

Those of you who have been around this blog a while know that I have quite a collection of “egg bite” recipes. I think at last count there are at least 40 variations on the blog. Some of my favorites are the egg foo young, cheeseburger, pizza bites. I bake them 24 at a time […]

The previous post listed some activities of the vagus nerve as having to do with… […] stomach expansion, stomach contraction, gastric acid release, stomach content release into the small intestine, digestive pancreatic enzyme secretion and the sensations of both hunger and fullness. Who is in charge of those departments? Who tells the vagus nerve what […]

One year ago on August 26th, I started a journey that would change everything: I began taking phentermine and eating lower carb at the suggestion of my doctor. I did not have much confidence that it would help me at all, and I had stopped blogging earlier that summer. I did not come back to […]

Summer is here—and so are the heatwaves. Heat waves are periods of time when temperatures are higher than is normal for a region. For many, it just seems like time to stay indoors and crank up the air conditioning. But heat waves can actually pose real health risks.  Exposure to extreme temperatures can cause dehydration, […]

The 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), held at the San Diego Convention Center from June 9th to 13th, 2024, is the largest gathering of surgeons and integrated health professionals in metabolic and bariatric surgery. This year’s theme, “The MBS (Metabolic Bariatric Surgery) Butterfly Effect: A Patient’s Transformation […]

The FDA has issued its boringly titled Southwest Agricultural Region Environmental Microbiology Study (2019 – 2024). The report seems designed to be boring.  Its subject, however, is anything but. Let me do some translating (in Italics). “The study was designed to improve understanding of the environmental factors that may impact the presence of foodborne pathogens […]

Endocrine Society, June 1-4  Physician’s Weekly Source link

Bariatric surgery is a pretty darn effective obesity treatment. Beyond the weight loss, which for many increases their quality of life, multiple long-term studies show bariatric surgery can put type-2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and hypertension (a risk for heart disease and stroke) into remission and reduces the burden or risk of many other obesity-related conditions […]

This is an extension of the recent post, “Obesity Villains Reconsidered,” which discusses an interesting 2009 paper in which multiple authors looked closely at many accepted or alleged causes of obesity. One of their reactions was to divide pretty much all those possible causes into two subheadings: “food marketing practices” and “institutionally-driven reductions in physical […]

Just a little update for my weekly weigh-in. Last week, I set 182 as my new “high line” for my weight range. Here is my weight graph over the last 12 days: The weight line starts at 182 and ends at 179, which is what I weighed this morning. That’s down a pound from last […]

Regular physical activity is vital for anyone trying to lose or maintain a healthy weight. You can do many things that burn body fat, create a calorie deficit, and help you get in shape. The real question is: Which cardiovascular exercise is best for weight loss? Swimming, cycling, and running are all excellent workouts if […]