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Fasting for weight loss: Unlimited Potential

Watch this informative talk on the utility of fasting for health by nephrologist Dr. Jason Fung. Below the video, I have placed a summarized transcript of the key points of his talk with the links to the articles reviewed in the talk. Fasting for weight loss:...

Neurotransmitters

Common Neurotransmitters Dopamine Norepinephrine & Epi Endorphins Serotonin Oxytocin Acetylcholine Catecholamines are epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and dopamine. END: Epi, NE, DA GOES GA: GABA, Oxytocin, Endorphins, Serotonin; Glycine,...

Design your environment to support healthy eating habits

“The solution to mindless eating is not mindful eating—our lives are just too crazy and our willpower too wimpy.” – Dr. Brian Wansink, food researcher and director of the Cornell food and brand lab. It is common sense. If a smoker wants to quit...

Chew, Chew, Chew: We are designed to eat slowly

For much of human existence, we didn’t have knives and forks and ways to cut up our food before we could eat it. What happened was that we took time to eat because we had to chop up our food with our teeth before actually chewing it. That took time. But today,...