Ghrelin is the hunger hormone made by your stomach; it travels to your brain and impacts your desire to eat. Digestive inflammation elevates ghrelin and increases appetite even when you don't need food. The more you crave sugar or carbohydrates the greater the problem. The problem can extend to an intense craving for high calorie foods of any type, and a...

Serotonin impacts many areas of health, yet remains mysterious. Keep your gut health and nutritional status optimal to balance serotonin in the brain and body.

Learn to manage your detoxification systems properly as you lose weight; its an important determining factor in how much progress you make and whether of not you reach your goal weight.

Getting enough protein is vital for energy, metabolism, hormones and more! How does your diet measure up?

Salt has gotten a bad rap over the years for several health concerns including weak bones. However, new research shows it is sugar, not salt, that is stripping minerals out of bones.

Most people think that hypothyroidism causes obesity. While this can be true, growing evidence demonstrates that elevated leptin causes increased susceptibility to autoimmune thyroid disorders like Hashimoto’s and Grave’s disease.

The 'skinny' on childhood obesity: how our western environment starves kids' brains.

Concentrated oat beta-glucan, a fermentable fiber, lowers serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic adults in a randomized controlled trial.

A Psyllium Fiber-Enriched Meal Strongly Attenuates Postprandial Gastrointestinal Peptide Release in Healthy Young Adults

Genetics of Brain Fiber Architecture and Intellectual Performance

Effect of hydrolyzed guar fiber on fasting and postprandial satiety and satiety hormones: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial during controlled weight loss.

Vesicular Zinc Promotes Presynaptic and Inhibits Postsynaptic Long-Term Potentiation of Mossy Fiber-CA3 Synapse