Day: April 2, 2019

I am 48, a mother of two beautiful children, a successful career woman with a loving, supportive husband — who told me, “I love my husband to bits, he is the best thing that’s happened to me, and such a wonderful father and supportive and kind man and husband. But I swear sometimes I just…

Many people believe that weight gain and loss is all about calories and willpower. However, modern obesity research disagrees. Scientists increasingly say that a hormone called leptin is involved. Leptin resistance, in which your body does not respond to this hormone, is now believed to be the leading driver of fat gain in humans. This…

Many women report that changing estrogen levels affect their weight, particularly around menopause. They may notice that they are gaining weight, or that it is more difficult to lose weight. Some forms of estrogen are linked with how the body controls weight gain. As such, any changes in their levels could then lead to changes…

Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows that the standard prescription for weight loss is to reduce the amount of calories you consume. Phoenix Weight loss But a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, may turn that advice on its head. It found that people who cut back on added sugar, refined grains…