Category: Diet and weight loss

Can our expectations about how full a food will make us influence how full we actually get? The idea seems plausible enough. There are many known cases of mind-over-matter. One well-known case is the use of placebos. Placebos are given during studies to subjects who believe they are actually taking…

Since obesity has been rising for decades and causes so much loss of life and disability, my next few blogs will focus on issues that can lead to overeating. I will talk about how hormones in our gut tell our brain when we are full, how food choice is affected…

Most diets rely on creating a negative energy balance to lose weight. This means that the body is taking in less than it needs, so it uses the energy we have stored, such as glycogen, fat, and muscle protein. Humans require a certain amount of calories each day just to…