Category Archives: Weight Loss

More On Leptin Resistance

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Leptin is a peptide hormone that is produced in adipocytes. The circulating levels of leptin are proportional to the amount of body fat. Circulating leptin levels therefore increase in obese individuals, as blood leptin levels rise concomitantly with adiposity. Leptin … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D: Vitamin or Hormone?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is usually classified as a vitamin, nutritionally. However, it is not a true vitamin because it can be synthesised in the skin of humans from the action of ultraviolet light on cholesterol. Therefore vitamin D is not an … Continue reading →

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Energy Restriction One Year On: Increased Hunger

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Robert Barrington

One of the keys to successful weight loss is avoidance of excessive hunger. Hunger is a powerful driver of feeding behaviour, perhaps second only to that of the desire to drink, and while in the short term hunger signals can … Continue reading →

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Dietary Change, Not Exercise, Is The Driver of Weight Loss

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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High Protein Diets Spare Muscle

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Is Exercise Worth The Bother For The Obese?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Physical activity is highly important to human beings because it has many benefits that result in improvements in health. Physical activity is required for the maintenance of a functioning physiology and mental health is increasingly being linked to physical activity. … Continue reading →

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Exercise Alone Will Not Cause Weight Loss

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Many people believe that exercise is required to cause weight loss. This is based on the fallacy that it is the quantity of food we eat that determines weight gain. The assumption is that because weight gain is caused by … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate High Protein Diets Spares Muscle Tissue

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

If carbohydrates are removed from the diet they must be replaced by either fat or protein, if energy balance is to be maintained (alcohol could also replace carbohydrate, and sometimes does in lesser amounts, but for the purpose of this … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate High Protein Meta Analysis

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Replacing the carbohydrate in the diet with protein produces a low carbohydrate high protein diet, sometimes simply called a high protein diet. Both the Atkins and Zone diets have relatively high amounts of protein, which replaces the carbohydrate content of … Continue reading →

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Low Carbohydrate Diets Lower Fasting Plasma Triglycerides

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low carbohydrates diets appear to be effective in treating obesity. This may relate to the ability of such diets to improve insulin sensitivity. If this hypothesis is correct, it would be expected that such diets would be effective because they … Continue reading →

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