Archive for July, 2007

Lost Weight Comes Back

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

It has happened to me many times. I lose a nice amount of kilograms and then 2 years later it’s all back! It’s got to be the most frustrating thing ever. You know you worked hard to lose that weight. Most dieters will recognize this problem. What is interesting is that new research shows our [...]

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New Weight Study in Nature Medicine

Friday, July 6th, 2007

A newly published study in the respectable Nature Medicine looked at the effects of stress on weight gain in mice.
It says that a chemical messenger called neuropeptide Y is turned on by stress. This “messenger” can be found in human fat. It increases appetite, causing you to eat more, resulting in an increase in weight. [...]

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