Studies Explore The Brain, Cortisol, and Their Connection To Weight Loss

Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) April 29, 2013

In a story by the US Department of Agriculture, research has taken place where scientists have been trying to determine why there are dieters who are able to lose weight easier than others, as well as keeping it off.

Nancy L. Keim, and Kevin D. Laugero, a chemist and nutrition scientist respectfully, are leading the studies revolved around the brain and the ease of weight loss. Keim and Laugero are both with the USDAs Agricultural Research Service Western Human Nutrition Research Center in California.

Since America is going through a major problem with obesity, The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that a large portion of the population are overweight or obese. In one of the investigations, 29 obese women, around the age of 20 to 45, took part in a 12 week weight loss regimen. It was found that several factors helped determine their weight management, such as the patterns of decision making, and the levels of cortisol, which is a stress related hormone.

Ultimately, the study concluded with varying results of weight loss among the participants, which ranged from 0 to 27 pounds. The results seemed to ignore the fact that each person in the study were eating the same food in the calorie controlled environment.

The findings that centered around Cortisol were based in saliva samples collected on two separate testing dates. Not really a surprise, the cortisol concentrations were exceptionally higher from the beginning to the end of the 12 week study. It seems that cortisol concentration is an indicator of psychological stress. This stress is usually a major factor to a dieters relapse back to unhealthy eating habits.

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It is thought that the bacteria change the gut lining and in doing so changes the way food is absorbed.

The human body is teeming with bacteria - the tiny organisms outnumber human cells in the body 10 to 1.

And there is growing evidence that this collection of bacteria or "microbiome" affects health.

However, DietAssist say that the idea that people can eat cream cakes and other high fat foods and then just consume a cocktail of bacteria to reverse the effects is ludicrous.

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Overweight or obese people find it hard to lose weight. This is because they deprive themselves of the foods that they love when they diet, so the minute they stop dieting they return to those foods with gusto and, hey presto, the weight returns and then some.

Dieting on its own does not usually change behaviours and so is doomed to failure in most people. Whilst eating these bacteria may cure the symptoms, it fails to address the real problem, which is behavour. A slim person has a completely different way of viewing and relating to food than an overweight person.

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Studies Shows Fat Talkers Are Less Liked by Peers

Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) May 29, 2013

In a report on sciencedaily.com, a research was done that shows that women who engage in the fat talk, which includes negative remarks that are made in relation to eating, exercise, or their bodies, arent liked as much by their peers as those who dont talk negatively about themselves.

The study was led by Alexandra Corning, who is the research associate professor of psychology and the director of Notre Dames Body Image and Eating Disorder Lab; college-aged women were presented with photos of women who were noticeably thin or noticeably overweight, who engaged in either fat talk or positive body talk. The participants were asked to rate these women on different dimensions, like how likeable they were.

Those women in the photos were rated less likeable when they made fat talk statements about their bodies, regardless of if they were overweight or not. The ones who made positive comments on their physical image were rated more likeable by the participants.

"Though it has become a regular part of everyday conversation, 'fat talk' is far from innocuous," according to Corning.

"It is strongly associated with, and can even cause, body dissatisfaction, which is a known risk factor for the development of eating disorders."

Psychologists believe that fat talk has been thought to initiate and strengthen a womans social bonds. The research done by Corning has resulted in the findings that fat talkers are less liked than those women who speak positively about their bodies.

"These findings are important because they raise awareness about how women actually are being perceived when they engage in this self-abasing kind of talk," Corning says.

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