Tag: leptin
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Why Do I Feel Hungry All the Time?
The sensation of hunger is a natural signal from your body indicating the need for food. While most people can comfortably go several hours between meals without feeling hungry, exceptions exist. At times, hunger may strike even when there is no actual need for food or calories. In such instances, factors such as an inadequate […]
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Why Sleep Is the Most Important Factor for Weight Loss
Recently, I was talking to a client who had tried to lose weight on his own but with little success. He was following a healthy diet, drinking three litres of water daily and exercising regularly. For all intents and purposes, he was leading a healthy lifestyle. So where was he going wrong? A few minutes […]
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Leptin therapy may be better than dieting for weight loss
For a long time, dieting combined with exercise has been purported to be the most effective way to lose weight. But new research indicates that there could be another alternative: Brain injections of an appetite-suppressing gene, leptin. A new study published in the Journal of Endocrinology details out how injecting a gene into the brain […]
