Weight Loss and Metabolic Health Blog

September 28, 2026

Does Lack of Sleep Cause Weight Gain? What Short Nights Do to Your Gut

Does lack of sleep cause weight gain? Yes: short nights steer cravings toward dense carbs and raise insulin resistance within...

June 02, 2026

Helminthic Parasites

Helminthic parasites are parasitic worms, such as hookworm, that co-evolved with humans and damp the immune attack against themselves, fine-tuning...

May 23, 2026

The effects of smoking on your brain

Smoking damages the brain. In the Whitehall II study of more than 10,000 middle-aged adults, smokers had a greater risk...

May 05, 2026

Your brain and obesity

Obese people have, on average, eight percent less brain tissue than people of normal weight, according to a new study...

April 23, 2026

What’s so wrong with a fat belly?

A fat belly is dangerous because visceral fat inside the abdomen releases adipokines and toxic metabolites straight into the bloodstream,...

April 05, 2026

Can just a few pounds make a huge difference?

The Physicians’ Health Study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA) reveals that as little as seven extra pounds combined...

March 23, 2026

Exercise as if your life depended upon it! It really does

Exercise as if your life depends upon it, it really does. Men who achieved >7 METs (highly to very highly...

March 05, 2026

The BMI controversy?

BMI is a reasonably good measure of general body fat, and your risk of death is lowest at a BMI...

February 23, 2026

The missing links in obesity: Glycemic Index and Insulin

Glycemic index and insulin are the missing links in obesity. Refined carbohydrates turn into blood sugar quickly, the pancreas answers...

February 18, 2026

How does food become energy?

Food becomes energy when your body breaks it down into sugars, fats and amino acids and burns them to recharge...

February 05, 2026

Carbs are an addiction

Carbs are addictive. Eating carbohydrates triggers insulin, which helps tryptophan into the brain and dramatically increases serotonin release, lifting mood....

January 23, 2026

The human microbiome, gut bacteria contribute to obesity

Gut bacteria contribute to obesity by pulling more calories out of the same food. Obese people carry a higher ratio...

January 05, 2026

How to Sleep Better

Sleep hygiene: To sleep better, go to bed and get up at the same time every day, avoid caffeine, nicotine...

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