More Than Meets the Eye: Obesity in the United States
While obesity and weight issues continue to be a huge problem in our society today, the most recent research suggests that obesity may in fact be a brain diseas...
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Put Down the Burger Today, Lower Your Risk of Alzheimer’s in the Future
Alzheimer’s – it’s the thing that a lot of us fear in the what-seems-so-far-off future. I often times complain about being a “forgetful” person. I’ll forget to ...
Eating Ourselves Into Alzheimer's
Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disease that arguably affects the people closest to the afflicted as much as it affects the afflicted. What if I told you...
Terrible ALS
Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a disease of the central nervous system. It is a nasty progression of neurod...
Obese Brains
Ohhhhhhhhh obesity…such a big topic in the world we live in right now. It is usually discussed within the context of food and how people in our country ...
Obesity: Is it our fault?
This week we discussed an article that claims obesity is a brain disease and that over-nutritious diets change our brain chemistry. In contrast the to “eat les...
Is fat our fault??
America is fat. Fat is America. You can say it whichever way you choose but the message is still the same, we are the most obese country in the world. But is it...
Spinning Out of Control
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never spent a lot of time contemplating the brain’s role in the development of obesity. I, like I’m sure many others, have alw...
But, McDonald's tastes so good…
Most Americans are well aware that our country has a problem with obesity. Over one third of American adults are obese, that’s over 100 million people. M...
Obesity: A growing problem
“Welcome to McDonalds, what can I get for you?” “Yeah I’ll get a number 1 with a large fry and a large Coke.” “Alright, anything else for you today?” “Yeah̷...