Category Archives: Obesity

How Do Polyphenols Protect From Obesity?

Polyphenols may have a number of health effects that include protection from obesity. Polyphenols are not the only reason that the Mediterranean diet protects from obesity, but they may contribute to this effect. The Mediterranean diet is high in plant … Continue reading

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Flavonoids Against Obesity

Flavonoids are a group of secondary plant metabolites that are found in high concentrations in fruits and vegetables. Plant based diets contain high concentrations of flavonoids. The main categories of flavonoids are flavones, flavanones, flavonols, flavanols, isoflavones and proanthocyanidins and … Continue reading

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Radish Greens: Nutritional Effects Against Obesity

Radishes (Raphanus sativus) are a commonly eaten vegetable that is eaten mainly for its succulent root. The greens of the radish plant can also be consumed and there may be nutritional advantages to doing so. Evidence suggests that a polysaccharide … Continue reading

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The Fruit Obesity Paradox

Fruit has been shown to have anti-obesity effects in humans and animals. This is paradoxical because the main sugar in most fruits, fructose, is an obesogenic compound. In fact consuming the juice of fruits has been shown to cause rapid … Continue reading

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25-Hydroxyvitamin D in the Obese

Vitamin D is an important steroid hormone in human nutrition. Vitamin D can be synthesised in the skin or consumed in the diet. Once present in the blood, vitamin D is hydroxylated to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the liver. The circulating … Continue reading

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Energy Flux and Weight Gain

Weight gain and obesity are complex and multifactorial phenomena. There is not a single cause for weight gain, but generally a number of factors are known to contribute to its development. The development of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome … Continue reading

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More on the Fat Sugar Seesaw: alcohol

The fat sugar seesaw is a phenomenon whereby as the sugar content of the diet increases, the fat content of the diet decreases and vice versa. In other words some people consume high fat low sugar diets and some people … Continue reading

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The Sugar Fat Seesaw

A reciprocal relationship between intakes of sugar and fat may exist. Such a relationship between these two macronutrients has been termed the sugar fat seesaw. The reciprocal relationship between sugar and fat is most evident when the fat and sugar … Continue reading

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United States Obesity Rates Increasing, Sugar Consumption Decreasing

Consumption of sugar may be a primary driver of obesity. There is a clear metabolic pathway that shows the ability of sugar to cause the development of insulin resistance and the accumulation of body fat. Animals models and human clinical … Continue reading

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Do Food Taxes Lower Intakes of Unhealthy Foods?

Obesity is a real concern in Western nations with prevalence increasing over the last 20 years. In Australia for example, the prevalence of obesity has increased 3-fold since 1980. Obesity is a serious concern because it increases the risk of … Continue reading

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