In Anne’s new diary, she talks about why our extra pounds aren’t just a problem for us?they’re a problem for the government too. She reveals why obesity could influence laws about parental maternity leaves and minimum wages. And don’t miss her interview with singer Carnie Wilson, who lost hundreds of pounds and gained spiritual strength.
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Diets and diet pills affect our bodies, when the problem is really in our brains. But now, for everyone who has despaired of ever losing weight, scientists have discovered two “magic bullets” that work on our brain circuits. One helps you stop smoking and cuts your bad cholesterol too (the perfect drug!), while the other one works by using a hormone inside your own fat to rewire your brain so you’re not hungry.
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The rate of obesity in the U.S. started to increase in the 1970s, about the same time that manufacturers switched from sugar to cheaper corn syrup for their colas and other soft drinks. Now researchers say this may be because high fructose corn syrup?a food, like margarine, that is created in the lab and not found in nature?does not trigger the same appetite response in the body as sugar, so it’s more likely to make us fat.
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says people in the U.S. are fat because our food is too cheap?despite the fact that poorer people tend to be the most obese. But although manufacturers are producing plenty of unhealthy things to eat, they’re also making “feel good foods.”
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