You must get an adequate amount of sleep in order to lose weight. Sleep is prime fat burning time. If you don't get enough you throw leptin out of balance, are tired the next day, and want to eat more to try to get your energy going. This invariably leads to overeating and weight gain.Individuals with sleep deficiency or insomnia may also have concurrent...

Resveratrol is a nutrient known to activate a potent gene signal called SIRT1. SIRT1 first drew attention as the primary gene signal involved with the longevity benefits of calorie restriction. A very simple explanation is that when you are in a food scarcity situation, SIRT1 is activated to help break down your stored fat to use as fuel as well as boost...

While it is quite obvious that you can't eat and sleep at the same time, there is a profound inter-relationship in the way eating and sleep influence each other. For example, when you don't get enough sleep you are going to be tired and your body will feel stressed easier. This causes you to eat more food to try and get energy, especially if youre having...

Many metabolic signals make you crave food. When leptin gets into your brain correctly it invariably lowers food cravings. Various nutrients are very helpful to keep your appetite in line. Soluble fiber is very helpful, in general, for this purpose. Fiber Helper™ is a high quality fiber option that easily mixes in water; taking one tablespoon with or...

You must get an adequate amount of sleep in order to lose weight. Sleep is prime fat burning time. If you don't get enough you throw leptin out of balance, are tired the next day, and want to eat more to try to get your energy going. This invariably leads to overeating and weight gain.Individuals with sleep deficiency or insomnia may also have concurrent...

Resveratrol is a nutrient known to activate a potent gene signal called SIRT1. SIRT1 first drew attention as the primary gene signal involved with the longevity benefits of calorie restriction. A very simple explanation is that when you are in a food scarcity situation, SIRT1 is activated to help break down your stored fat to use as fuel as well as boost...

Type 2 diabetes is a difficult metabolic problem. It is a national embarrassment that so many of our young people are becoming type 2 diabetic. It is a national disgrace that millions of type 2 diabetic patients are being injured with commonly used diabetic medications that are known to make their metabolic situation worse.

How leptin works in your body has a profound influence on many aspects of your health, including psoriasis.

Your body's ability to process trash, including toxic trash, is a pervasive factor in your ability to lose weight and reach a healthy goal weight. Struggling with this issue activates backup strategies for dealing with toxic overload, which include expanding the number of fat cells and stuffing them with toxins as well as fat. This is likely done to get...

Elevating levels of the hormone leptin typically accompany abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. Leptin seeks to communicate, as if making a phone call, to the soluble leptin receptors in numerous locations throughout the body and general circulatory system. This communication is vital for the normal function of...

Damage to your digestive tract throws a monkey wrench into your metabolism, and also heads up the list of possibilities for stubborn weight loss issues, whether you think you have digestive problems or not.

In 1994, with the discovery of leptin, the view of white adipose tissue was transformed from a warehouse whose primary role was the storage of extra calories into one of the most important endocrine organs in the human body. The explosion in leptin-related research, now involving over 16,000 studies, is a testament to the emerging reality that leptin...

The effect of leptin on bone: an evolving concept of action.

Adipogenic human adenovirus-36 reduces leptin expression and secretion and increases glucose uptake by fat cells.

Leptin modulates the expression of catabolic genes in rat nucleus pulposus cells through the mitogen‑activated protein kinase and Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathways

Serum leptin concentration in women of reproductive age with euthyroid autoimmune thyroiditis.

Obesity hypertension: the regulatory role of leptin.

Acute and chronic effects of insulin on leptin production in humans: Studies in vivo and in vitro.