July 5, 2010 – 2:25 pm
Hemopressin supresses pleasure eating by affecting the reward centre of the brain.
A naturally-occurring appetite suppressant has been discovered by UK scientists, who say it could pave the way for a diet drug without side effects.
It may also have the potential to treat aspects of alcohol and drug abuse.
Hemopressin is a small bit of protein which [...]
June 27, 2009 – 12:00 am
Was the King of pop really felled by prescription drug abuse ? The people who speculated on this theory for his demise could be completely wrong! Instead, Michael Jackson could very well be the victim of the lupus he suffered from as a child.
Did you know that Jackson, was the victim of a rare auto-immune [...]
May 16, 2009 – 12:00 am
Still hanging around the 193 lbs mark this week. Don’t seem to have changed much at all. I think maybe a change in foods is in need, and think maybe too much bread is creeping back into my diet again. I’ll try to stick to salads again for lunch, with lots of tuna.
May 9, 2009 – 8:00 am
The second week of narrowing my waist has not resulted in any further loss. In fact there was a slight gain in weight. I can confess to having an Indian last weekend, but apart from that I’ve been pretty good, but have been bunged up all week. You may think this an excuse because I [...]
May 3, 2009 – 10:55 am
This week has been dominated in the media by Swine Flu. The outbreak in Mexico seems to have evolved into a story of a virus which will result in the destruction of millions of people around the globe. The newspaper media obviously like to exaggerate things like this because it helps them sell copy, but [...]