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    Many People will admit they love sugar and it can become addictive. Too much sugar can lead to health issues and that needs to be avoided. Many individuals use artificial sweeteners to cut back on excess calories. These sweeteners give the same flavorful taste as sugar but with no additional calories to pack on the thighs. Individuals are consuming these artificial sweeteners on a daily basis for many reasons. Mainly for weight purposes, but many do not know the side effects these sweeteners…

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    Unbalanced hormones aren’t just problems for teenagers and older people. Hormones are our body’s control center. They are the chemical messengers that are created in the endocrine glands. These messengers control most major bodily functions, like hunger, reproduction, emotions and mood. As we age, environmental chemicals and processed foods can alter our hormones, causing a disruption of that delicate balance hormonal balance. Unbalance hormones can make it hard to lose weight,get pregnant,…

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    20 seconds on, 10 seconds off for 4 minutes daily to strengthen your core and stabilize your spine, which despite the name has absolutely nothing to do with the monkeys. Sleep Like a Baby – Shuteye is critical because you produce the hunger hormone leptin every two hours during your slumber. When you don’t log that sleep, you’re susceptible to carbohydrate cravings, satisfy your urge with an apple or a pear so you don’t reach for something that lacks filling fiber, like jelly doughnuts or potato…

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    The causes and effects of eating disorders. The causes and effects of eating disorders can lead to drastic measures. There are many types of eating disorders, and they can affect anyone, at any point in their lifetime. Most effects such as binging, purging, and or overeating takes place in a secluded area such as a bathroom, or bedroom caused by activities due to society, hereditary factors, and food influences such as GMOS. Society’s definition of beauty is deeply flawed. Magazines,…

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    probability of binge eating due to the burden of fitting in or explicit comments about your weight size. “Researchers also are looking into possible abnormal functioning of chemical messages to the brain involving hormones that regulate appetite (such as leptin and ghrelin) and proteins that regulate blood sugar and body metabolism (such as adiponectin).”…

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    What is Right- Meal Frequency or Meal Timing? As Emily was getting ready for the gym yet another day, she was looking at the mirror contemplating whether she should increase her meal frequency to get toned for better. She thought of asking her fitness trainer to throw some light on the matter. Her instructor advised her not to worry about meal frequency, but to put her focus on the diet macros and meal timings. If you are into bodybuilding, you must be aware of some typical, contradictory…

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    Turmeric Research Paper

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    Benefits of Turmeric The benefits of eating turmeric are now well documented, to the point of declaring turmeric a superfood. But does turmeric deserve a place in your diet? Here are some of the health benefits of adding turmeric to your diet. Turmeric Helps Fight Aging Curcumin is one of the antioxidants found in turmeric. It is a powerful anti-aging supplement. Not only does curcumin fight the diseases that contribute to aging, but it also has anti-aging properties that protect the skin,…

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    Sibutramine And Obesity

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    Following the discovery of Leptin 22 years ago (Stanley, 2004), the true role of peripheral gut hormones, with regard to satiety modulation started to become more apparent; following this many more hormones have been shown to have hunger modulating effects, including Oxyntomodulin…

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    particularly beta-carotene as well as lycopene — which are vital for heart health. Soy Whether it is soy milk or the beans themselves, any foodstuff which contains soy that has been fermented is great for the heart. Soy helps to lessen the levels of leptin in the bloodstream, a compound associated with blood vessel dysfunctions. In addition to this, soy decreases bad cholesterol, and could possibly help to increase levels of good cholesterol required for maintaining cardiac health. For dairy…

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    their ages as well as some suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. They are thinking that the lack of sleep may also be a contributing factor to the cognitive impairment they are seeing in obese children. Lack of sleep can also affect their hormones and leptin which can increase weight gain. Infections at a young age that were treated with steroids in infancy and toddlerhood can cause endocrine or metabolic pathways that can end up causing childhood obesity. Scientist believe that nutrition and…

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