Answer To Your Fitness Questions" />Obesity Linked To Missing Gene In Brain
August 28, 2008
Fifty percent of the people researched in the study were missing one of two gense for a brain chemical called “brain-derived neurotrophic factor” (BDNF). Those missing the gene had low blood levels of the chemical. When the subjects turned 10 years old, all of those that were missing the gene were obese and reported strong tendencies towards overeating. Those who had both BDNF genes didn’t report any unusual tendencies than the general population.
Scientists in the study had suspicions that subjects within the group had abnormalities with the gene, and they believe a larger segment of the population has the same problem. The missing gene seems to explain why some people are not able to lose weight.
“We suspect that BDNF has important issues in many parts of the brain, including memory and ability to sense pain,” stated Jack Yanovski, head of the Unit on Growth and Obesity at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Yanovski also says that the brain chemical works in combination with other chemicals in the body that regulates appetite and body weight.
“BDNF is just a small part of the puzzle explaining why some folks have trouble maintaining a normal weight.”
Healthy Breakfast Foods!
August 26, 2008
Being lactose intolerant I choose to eat Rice milk or almond milk. While having cereal choices, I choose oatmeal or a Kashi cereal of some sort. It is wonderfully high in fiber, which we need so badly for a healthy system.
Try some nuts, seeds and berries thrown in that cereal. Wow, is that exceptionally yummy. Or maybe have a Activa yogurt for the wonderful live bacillis with some flax seed or oats mixed in it.
Or what about including a low-sodium V-8 juice added to your healthy breakfast foods list to give you a taste of veggies early in the morning.
Anyway you cut it, we need fruit, vegetables, whole grains and some dairy such as yogurt in our diet and get our day started very nicely. Now, this article is quite general, but we should desire to get our day going with fuel so our brain functions as well as our body just as we want our cars to function and be available for our use.
There used to be a time I didn’t eat breakfast so well, but now I can’t go without it! I feel so good, my body feels so good, especially when I put my body through some intense exercise. There is literally no time to waste, put aside your bad habits and begin today feeding your body with the wonderful variety of healthy breakfast foods, hopefully it is foods that are still as close to nature as you can get it!!
