Fire in the Brain: Obesity and Metabolic Disease
In their 2017 article, Hypothalamic Inflammation in Obesity and Metabolic Disease, researchers Jais and Brüning looked at how the hypothalamus becomes inflamed ...
Month: April 2025
Hypothalamic Inflammation: The Brain’s Role in Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Artstract by M. Shercliffe. We’ve all heard it before: obesity is an equation of calories in versus calories out. To lose weight you merely need to eat less and...
Bigger isn’t better: Inflammation Affects on the Brain
Bigger Isn’t Better: Inflammation Affects on The Brain Swelling of the brain might seem like a minor concern when it comes to overall brain health, but in...
Potential Pathways to Escape Brain Cancer
Do you know what types of cancer are more likely to kill you? Do you know how to avoid contracting or how to treat these? Unfortunately, some cancers are more d...
The Silent Saboteur: How Brain Inflammation Could Be Fueling the Obesity Epidemic
For decades, we’ve pointed fingers at willpower and calories in the battle against obesity. Eat less. Move more. Sounds simple, right? But what if we̵...
It’s about time you’ve met your metabolism
The article we have covered in a previous week, “Hypothalmic inflammation in obesity and metabolic disease” by Alexander Jais and Jens C. Brüning was an article...
Rewire Your Metabolism: How Healthy Fats Heal Insulin and Leptin Resistance
Figure 1: Illustrates how brain inflammation contributes to leptin and insulin resistance, with unsaturated fats helping to reduce inflammation and improve meta...
Your Brain on Fat: Why Hypothalamic Inflammation Matters
Most of us know that a high-fat, high-sugar diet can lead to weight gain. Many people are aware of how obesity is linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and ...
Pattern Separation in the Dentate Gyrus
Figure 1. Impact of stress and anxiety on pattern separation. Created by Sharleen Mtesa. The image shows a brain with disrupted signals and emotional shadows, s...
Protecting Your Brain to Protect Your Body: A New Angle on Preventing Obesity
Abstract created by Gabe Sparks Obesity is often labeled as a simple imbalance between the calories we consume and the calories we burn, but this disease runs m...