Category Archives: Genes

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Genes Play A Role

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition is increasingly being linked to poor diet. In particular, increased consumption of fructose may overload the liver with energy, and this increases the rate of fatty acid synthesis through the de novo … Continue reading →

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Bland Food, Taste and Adiposity

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Studies show that the high fat, low fibre, palatable, salty and sugary foods in the Western diet increase energy consumption. The reason for this is that many processed foods bypass the normal appetite regulatory mechanisms and elicit larger food intakes. … Continue reading →

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Can Your Mother’s Diet Make You Fat?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The health effects of fatty acids and other lipids in the diet has played an important role in shaping nutritional research over the last 50 years. Saturated fat and cholesterol have been portrayed by mainstream ‘authorities’ as demons run amok … Continue reading →

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Blue Genes: More on Biochemical Individuality

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Polymorphisms are variations in a particular coding region of a gene sequence, with single nucleotide polymorphisms being known as SNPs (‘SNIPS’). Because genes code for proteins, polymorphisms produce variety in the phenotypes of those genes. Such variation is clearly visible … Continue reading →

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