Posted by Duane On April - 17 - 2005ADD COMMENTS
A study I posted several months ago tied one's lack of sleep and obesity to his or her leptin levels. Also, the lack of sleep raises one's levels of grehlin, a chemical that spurs the urge to eat. Meaning when you're more alert, you probably aren't so hungry. Yale researchers have traced another link to sleep debt and obesity to the hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 17 - 2005ADD COMMENTS
Due to a much needed break spent dozing on the beach in San Diego while the kids played, I am posting a late-edition of the weekend health clinic. Normal posting will continue as usual tomorrow. ================= What is hard to pronounce, still listed as a weed in most gardening books, and now the most popular medicinal herb in the U.S.? Echinacea! (Say eck-i-NAY-shuh). This lovely purple coneflower, one of North America’s native ...More
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