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The REAL Effects of Alcohol On Your Body | Supertraining Blog.com But what you didn’t know is that only about 5% of the calories from alcohol are stored as fat! Then it hit me as it should hit you right about now… The effects of alcohol on the body are far more damaging than can be predicted by the number of empty calories in some alcoholic beverage. The truth is… 1- Alcohol really affects the amount of fat your body can and will burn for energy! In a study done by the American Journal of Clinical Research [4] they concluded that just a mere 24g of alcohol consumption showed whole-body lipid oxidation ( the rate at which your body burns fat) decreased by a whopping 73%! When alcohol goes thru the liver, the by-product is called Acetate. It would appear that acetate puts the proverbial brakes on fat burning. Your body can use many types of fuel. Protein, carbohydrates and fat. In many cases, the fuel used is dictated by it’s availability. Trouble is… Your body tends to use whatever you ...

Science Pal: Missing link found between circadian clock and metabolism Missing link found between circadian clock and metabolism Two new research studies have discovered a long sought molecular link between our metabolism and components of the internal clock that drives circadian rhythms, keeping us to a roughly 24-hour schedule. The findings appear in the July 25th issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press. The missing link is a well–studied mammalian protein called SIRT1, which was previously known to be switched on and off in accordance with cells' metabolic state and is perhaps best known for its potential life-extending properties. "We all have noticed in an intuitive manner that the body requires more energy at certain times of day," said Paolo Sassone-Corsi of University of California, Irvine. "That's why we have lunch or dinner—there is a cyclicity in feeding behavior and energy requirement. That suggests there must be a link between the cloc...

ScienceDirect - Nutrition : Body fat distribution, insulin resistance, and metabolic diseases Body fat distribution, insulin resistance, and metabolic diseases Per Björntorp MD, PhDCorresponding Author Contact Information From the Department of Heart and Lung Diseases, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden Accepted 19 February 1997. ; Available online 5 February 1998. Purchase the full-text article References and further reading may be available for this article. To view references and further reading you must purchase this article. Abstract Obesity has now developed into a world-wide epidemic and is associated with large economic costs and prevalent diseases, particularly with central body fat distribution. Insulin resistance almost invariably occurs, and might be a major trigger for disease-generating mechanisms either directly or via generation of other disease precursors (“risk factors”). The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis seems to be hypersens...

Eating veggies shrinks the brain-Health/Sci-The Times of India MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12. Brain scans of more than 1,800 peo...

Hyperinsulinemia causes activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in humans : "Hyperinsulinemia causes activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in humans B Fruehwald-Schultes, W Kern, J Born, H L Fehm and A Peters Departments of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Neuroendocrinology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany Correspondence to: B Fruehwald-Schultes, Medical University Luebeck, Department of Internal Medicine I, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Luebeck, Germany. E-mail: fruehwal@kfg.mu-luebeck.de Abstract OBJECTIVE: Hyperactivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is frequently found in hyperinsulinemic subjects, such as patients with diabetes or abdominal obesity. Here, the question has been posed as to whether hyperinsulinemia increases HPA secretory activity." CONCLUSION: Data indicate that hyperinsulinemia acutely increases HPA secretory activity in healthy men. This finding appears to be relevant to the pathogenesis of many ...

CEO: Fannie/Freddie Bailout Makes America 'More Communist than China' Rogers Holdings chief tells CNBC Europe U.S. brand of socialism is meant only for the rich. By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute 9/8/2008 5:24:06 PM Has America created its own variety of communism with the U.S. Treasury Department’s bailout of two beleaguered government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE)? According to Rogers Holding CEO Jim Rogers, the answer is yes. “America is more communist than China is right now,” Rogers told CNBC Europe’s “Squawk Box Europe” September 8. “You can at least have a free market in housing and a lot of other things in China. And you can see that this is welfare for the rich. This is socialism for the rich. It’s bailing out the financiers, the banks, the Wall Streeters." Rogers, known for launching the Quantum Fund with left-wing heavyweight George Soros, said the bailout was not benefiting homeowners o...