My Concussion Experience
Story Time: I have never experienced a concussion, nor have I ever seen someone I’m close to get a concussion. This statement would’ve been true a year ago, but...
Month: November 2021
Obesity: Whose Fault is it Anyway?
Stats In 2018, 139.7 million US adults were considered obese (CDC, 2021). This is an increase from 30.5% in 2000, to a whopping 42.4% in 2018 (CDC, 2021). To fu...
The US Obesity Epidemic
Image 1 Image 2 The obesity rate within America during 2017-2018 sat at a staggering 42.4%. If that wasn’t bad enough, 73.6% of Americans are now consider...
A Brief History of Anxiety: Were Dinosaurs Ever Anxious?
In today’s world we are taught to treat the condition “anxiety” as a potential mental disorder, but this does not mean it has always been that way in history. B...
Let’s Talk About Dietary Fats
Types of Dietary Fats Fats are a necessary part of an individual’s diet. Some benefits include organ protection, nutrient absorption, and energy metabolism. The...
Ideal Diet
The ideal diet for humans contains high-quality food that is not processed such as veggies, fruits, whole grains, healthy fats, and protein. (1) The ideal diet ...
Obesity: FAD diets, Keto Diets
FAD diets and Leptin: FAD diets promise quick weight loss, but they involve unhealthy and unbalanced eating plans. When proper food is brought back into someone...
The role of leptin in eating disorders and obesity
Am I hungry or not? Leptin is a hormone that decreases your appetite while ghrelin increases it. These hormones aid in determining an individuals weight. Howev...
Let’s talk about Obesity: a fast growing global epidemic
Obesity is now considered as a an epidemic that the public health is currently facing globally than malnutrition/ undernutrition. According to WHO in 2016, 2 bi...
Insulin signaling and Obesity
What does insulin do Insulin is a key regulator of adipose tissue lipolysis, which is the catabolic process leading to the breakdown of triglycerides stored in ...