Sugar arouses lots of emotion! Does the idea of cutting back seem impossible, or make you really cross? In your experience, if you give it up, do you just end up binging on it? It’s hardly surprising if you have a strong reaction to looking at your sugar intake; sugar cravings are not so different from addictive-drug cravings. Unfortunately, the…
‘Obesity is an inflammatory disease, and inflammation plays a greater role in the downward spiral to obesity than most people realize’, wrote Gerald Weissmann, MD, editor-in-chief of The FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology). If you are obese, your fat cells release inflammatory substances. However, inflammation may also have contributed to your weight gain. The type of…
Winter’s approaching. Are those pounds creeping on again? Perhaps you have a winter weight and a summer weight. Or maybe you always carry extra weight, regardless of the time of year, and it doesn’t seem to want to shift! This could be because you are low in certain nutrients: the ones involved in regulating fat storage. vitamins & nutrition, low…
How come some people naturally eat the amount they need, yet for you it’s a real effort? Are they just lucky, or is something else going on? Do you know you overeat, but find it hard to cut back? Have your weight-loss attempts failed because of hunger or food cravings? Perhaps you find hunger such a horrible feeling that you…
Blood Sugar Balance and Your Fat Storage Hormone At times, do you crave food, especially something sweet? Maybe your energy levels crash, and you want a quick pick-me-up probably carbs to keep yourself going. This may be because your blood sugar levels have dropped. When this happens, it can take a lot of effort to resist reaching for carbs to…