Category Archives: Abdominal Obesity

Obesity: Metabolic Dysfunction or Laziness?

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The association between exercise and body weight is fairly well established in the nutritional literature. Generally those who perform more physical activity have lower body weights. However, the cause and effect of this association are far from clear, with indications … Continue reading →

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver: Fructose Again

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Nonalcoholic fatty liver is a condition characterised by lipid deposits in and around hepatic tissue. In this respect it shows similarity to alcoholic fatty liver which is caused by excessive long term alcohol intake. Fructose overconsumption is implicated in the … Continue reading →

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Fatty Liver: Choline Deficiency?

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Fatty liver is characterised by an accumulation of lipids in hepatic tissue. This can result from alcohol or fructose abuse, leading to alcoholic fatty liver or non-alcoholic fatty liver, respectively. The aetiology of fatty liver is not completely understood, but … Continue reading →

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Fructose: Blood Lipid Changes

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Robert Barrington

While the medical establishment continues to spread its propaganda about the outdated and absurd cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease, the rest of the World has come to its senses and moved on. This paradigm shift is based largely on evidence … Continue reading →

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Body Fat and Athletic Performance

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Body fat is generally considered by many to be detrimental to the health. However, only visceral abdominal fat correlates with disease because it is indicative of the presence of metabolic syndrome. Such fat is a symptom of metabolic dysfunction, and … Continue reading →

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Waist-To-Hip Ratio: How To Measure It

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The body mass index (BMI) is frequently used by the medical establishment to assess cardiovascular disease risk because it is unintrusive and quick. However, studies show that the waist-to-hip ratio is a more accurate predictor of cardiovascular disease risk, despite … Continue reading →

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Soft Drinks: Another Study, More Bad News

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of the detrimental effects that soft drink consumption has on health (here, here, here and here). Sugar sweetened soft drinks are damaging because of the presence of fructose either in the form … Continue reading →

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Central Adiposity: Harbinger of Doom

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The body mass index (BMI) is the current accepted medical technique for assessing the degree to which a subject is overweight, and by extrapolation their risk of cardiovascular disease. The Worlds Health Organisation (WHO) has BMI classifications for normal weight, … Continue reading →

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Can You Lose Weight Without Dieting?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That ‘dieting’ is necessary for weight loss is an erroneous belief peddled by the diet and food industry. The law of thermodynamics shows that energy balance dictates weight gain or loss, this is true. However, for a forced calorie restriction … Continue reading →

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Fat People are Greedy…Oh Really?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The current paradigm suggests that fat people are lazy and greedy and this is why they gain weight. This ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of weight gain states that a positive energy balance, caused by too much food or too much little … Continue reading →

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