The physical macro environment. Influences on body fatness in the widet physical environment include the food supply, availability of facilities for physical activity, and the demands for physical activity for day-to-day living. The food supply within a population is influenced by a number of factors including agricultural practices, pricing and taxation structures, manufacturing and food [...]
Circulating triglycerides (TGs) in the bloodstream are packaged in the blood into lipoproteins which are then split into free fatty acids (FFA) and glycerol by the enzyme LPL to get into the fat cell. Once inside the cell, the FFAs interact with glycerol which is derived from glucose, to form TGs again. These TGs are [...]
When you want to lose weight, how much you eat is just as important as what you eat. Phyllis Barbour found that out the hard way.
In 1993, Phyllis went on a special low-fat, low-salt diet after undergoing cardiac bypass surgery. She followed the diet to the letter. To her pleasant surprise, her weight dropped from [...]