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Leptin:The antiobesity hormone

June 20, 2009

Leptin: The antiobesity hormone.

The effects of the fat hormone leptin are numerous and start early in life with breast feeding. Were you breastfeed? Ask your mother for how long. It makes a difference. Research in 2009 has shown that leptin impacts many cultures and many disease states besides obesity including breast and prostate cancer, coronary arteries disease, asthma, and diabetes.

Leptin is a genetically based hormone made by fat cells which influences monumental controlling aspects of human physiology. Just a few things researchers are learning about leptin are that it controls desire for food … Continue Reading

Think Tank

May 15, 2009

Eat better. Get moving.

These are the wise “branding” words of a recent  ASU college of design graphic arts  graduate whose project on childhood obesity caught my attention at the Senior, Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory PURL. This think tank uniquely pairs students with ideas to mentors offering grants for a wide range of projects. My son Jason is also a new ASU design graphic arts  graduate. His project MakeItAccessible is Making the Web Accessible for … Continue Reading

Food as Medicine

May 9, 2009

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