Tag: health
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Obesity: Biology, Behavior, or Both?
The challenge in obesity medicine has always been this: to what extent is obesity a disease, and to what extent is it a mental or behavioral disorder? Framing it as either extreme feels overly simplistic. Most people who carry extra weight—whether just a few pounds or significantly more—have often been at or near that weight…
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Cool-Down After Intense Exercise: Lactic Acid Clearance and Blood Sugar Control
Introduction After a hard run or intense workout, it’s common to end with a cool-down routine – typically light exercise (like jogging or walking) and stretching. This cool-down isn’t just to catch your breath; it plays an important role in your body’s recovery. Two key post-exercise issues are addressed by a good cool-down: lactic acid…
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Jardiance and the EMPA-REG Study: More than just a diabetes drug
Why Your Doctor Prescribed Jardiance—Even If Your Blood Sugar Looks Fine If you are a diabetic, you may have heard of, taken, or know someone who takes medications like Jardiance, Farxiga, or Invokana. These medications all belong to a class of medications called sodium-glucose-cotransporter inhibitor-2. In most people without diabetes, kidneys help reabsorb glucose into…
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Rewiring Food Motivation: Exploring the Neuroscience of Hunger, Reward, and Self-Control
One practical use of neuroscience is to discover functionalities of the brain in order to unlock and hack previously inaccessible parts of our mind. There have been quite a few applications developed in the recent past. Elon Musk’s Neuralink is one more famous example. Another device claims, via electrodes, to translate the brain’s electrical activity…
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Winning the Mental Battle: How to Overcome Food Addiction and Take Control of Weight Loss
How to Train Your Brain to Resist Cravings and Build Healthy Habits We are addicted to foodFocus on the tip of your nose. Make sure that not a single other thought enters your mind. Maintain this for 24 hours.Likelihood is that unless you are a Himalayan sage, this is next to impossible. In fact, in…
Dr. Nirmal Nair 