Category Archives: Obesity

Fruit Juice: Just As Bad As Soft Drinks?

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Sugar sweetened soft drinks are increasingly being considered as detrimental to the health. In particular sugar sweetened soft drinks may increase insulin resistance that subsequently leads to the development of obesity. The sugar in soft drinks usually comprised of either … Continue reading →

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Would A Sugar Tax Work?

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Nutritionally, sugar is sucrose. Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of fructose and glucose. Evidence suggests that high intakes of refined crystalline sucrose are detrimental to the health and a leading cause of obesity. As a result the United Kingdom government … Continue reading →

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Is Sugar Addictive?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Addictions is defined as a phenomenon that required four components. Bingeing, withdrawal, craving and cross sensitization must be present in varying degrees, and these behavioural characteristics have been linked to physical changes in the neurological circuitry of the brain and … Continue reading →

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Do People Lie About Their Sugar Intakes?

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Sugar is a known obesogenic food and mechanisms have been investigated to explain this process. In short, sugar is able to enter hepatic (liver) pathways that stimulate the formation of fatty acids, and these fatty acids accumulate in tissues and … Continue reading →

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More Benefits for Anti-Inflammatory Diets

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Inflammation is associated with the development and progression of a number of diseases. In particular, inflammation is associated with Western lifestyle diseases including obesity, metabolic syndrome, arthritis, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Mechanistically inflammation can contribute to disease … Continue reading →

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The Fat Sugar Seesaw

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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The Australian Paradox

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Diet and Exercise: Increases Appetite

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Robert Barrington

The current mainstream paradigm for weight loss centres around a strategy that causes a negative caloric energy balance. This can be achieved through dietary restriction, increased physical activity, or a combination of both. Studies confirm that energy restriction alone or … Continue reading →

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Weight Gain is A Symptom of Metabolic Disease

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Its needs to be stated clearly. Weight gain and obesity is a disease characterised by an increase in adipose tissue. However, the adipose tissue is not the primary cause of the detrimental effects of being overweight or obese. This is … Continue reading →

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Fructose Causes Insulin Resistance In Healthy Humans

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Fructose is a naturally occurring sugar found particularly in fruit and honey. A number of well designed studies have shown that feeding high amounts of refined crystalline fructose to animals induces insulin resistance within a few weeks. In particular, studies … Continue reading →

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