Addiction Model of Obesity: Its Dopamine Deficiency From Inflammation
An explanation why motivation is reduced with metainflammation and a possible explanation why many patients with diabetes develop chronic pain pathologies with anhedonia, reflections on the addiction model of obesity. The brain’s dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade inflammation. If your brain perceives that it is fighting off an infection […]
Is Your Healthcare Provider (Physician, Dietitian, Practitioner) Overweight??
Overweight or obese physicians were less likely to discuss weight loss with heavy patients: only 18% of these doctors discussed losing weight with their patients while 30% of normal weight physicians did. More interestingly, 93% of doctors diagnosed obesity in their patients only if they believed their own weight was equal to or less than […]
Obesity is A Threat to U.S. National Security
Obesity is a threat to U.S. national security, obesity is the leading medical reason why applicants fail to qualify for military service: 27% of young people aged 17 to 24 are too obese to serve in the armed forces. Over the last 10 years, the number of states with 40 percent of young adults considered […]
Glycation and HgBA1C
Glycation is a chemical reaction that spontaneously occurs in the presence of increased carbohydrates and is referred to as a Maillard reaction. Glycation (non-enzymatic glycosylation) is the result of the covalent bonding of a sugar molecule, such as glucose or fructose, to a protein or lipid molecule, without the controlling action of an enzyme and […]
Sugar vs. Fat
In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid three Harvard scientists to publish a review of research on sugar vs. fat and their effects on heart disease. The Sugar Association paid the scientists the equivalent of about $50,000 today, cherry-picked the research included in the review; resulting in a biased article published in the New England […]
Prove Me Wrong
In the US, 52.3% of the adult population has either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Less than 12.2% of the adult population is metabolically healthy. Six feedings a day are a recipe for insulin resistance. Dietary carbs are only necessary if a person is currently taking diabetes medications associated with the risk for hypoglycemia such […]
Sensory-Specific Satiety
Sensory-specific satiety: the relationship between perceived taste and quantity consumed of food. As individuals consume more of a food item, they experience diminishing marginal taste perception, which means their level of perceived taste from additional consumption tends to decline (additional consumption becomes less pleasurable). The first bite of chocolate is better than the 10th. In […]
Breaking News?
According to a “NEW” study published in Obesity, “lifestyle interventions focused on altering dietary and physical activity habits using behavioral strategies can produce sustained weight loss among African Americans and Hispanics who have type 2 diabetes (T2D)” Which ivory tower have they been living in or is this new information to their sources of funding? […]
Long-Term Vegan Diet: Metainflammation & Sarcopenia
I operate an interventional pain clinic in the urban core. More than 90% of my chronic pain patients have metabolic dysfunction and have always presumed that the Standard American Diet was to blame for their metabolic syndrome and subsequent metainflammation. Even the ones who do not have high waist circumference still had elevated fasting glucose […]
When Fat Becomes more than Fat
Fat is more than an issue of appearance. Fat can lead to multiple chronic illnesses, and obesity is by far the greatest risk factor contributing to the burden of chronic diseases in the U.S. Obesity increases insulin resistance, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Further, obesity lowers HDL cholesterol and places the body in a […]