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...
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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 ...
Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System
Obesity Basics Obesity has been identified a top 10 global health problem by the World Health Organization. According to the CDC, nearly 42.4% of the adult pop...
How You and I Can Help Keep People Safe in Contact Sports
Concussions are no joke, and it’s nice to see that people are finally beginning to take them seriously both on and off the field. The most dangerous part ...
Concussion & Behavioral Changes
About 1.6 to 3.8 million sports and recreational concussions occur in the USA each year. 1 in 5 of these individuals will develop mental health concerns and dis...
Protection of the most important organ from concussions, the Brain
We all want to keep our friends and family safe. That includes protecting them from outside harm and making sure that they won’t get hurt. The problem is that i...
Concussions leading to CTE
The Basics A concussion is a condition of neurological signs and symptoms that are caused by a biomechanical force to the brain. Symptoms of a concussion includ...
Does Fat Make You Fat?
When addressing the role of the high fat diet and obesity, it is important to evaluate the types of fats in a given diet. While a high fat diet can lead to incr...