Effect of sleep restriction on hunger and food intake
It is now generally well accepted that sleep restriction leads to increased food intake. Spiegel, Tasali, Penev, and Van Cauter (2004) were among the first […]
Indigestion and heartburn are not caused by too much stomach acid
As you might have guessed, we think there’s something dreadfully wrong with this rosy financial picture. We wonder why so much of humanity is going […]
[Jason fung,MD]: Does caloric restriction cause weight loss?
TRADITIONALLY, OBESITY HAS been seen as a result of how people process calories, that is, that a person’s weight could be predicted by a simple […]
UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF WEIGHT LOSS:THE MECHANICS OF DIGESTION
BEFORE DISCUSSING INSULIN, we must understand hormones in general. Hormones are molecules that deliver messages to a target cell. For example, thyroid hormone delivers a […]
What Is the Overweight Mind?
Did you know over two-thirds of American adults are considered overweight? Our country is bloated. Our waistlines are bulging. Hell, even the name of the […]
How Do I Know If I Have Reflux?
People with typical gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have heartburn—chest pain after eating, particularly after eating fried or greasy foods. Most of the time, a […]
[Doctor Jason Fung]: How obesity became in epidemic
HERE’S THE QUESTION that has always bothered me: Why are there doctors who are fat? Accepted as authorities in human physiology, doctors should be […]
How Acid Suppression Raises the Cancer Risk
There is a paradox that baffled medicine early in the nineteenth century. That is when it was first noticed that people who have gastric ulcers […]
treatment of Oesophageal and Gastric Cancers
1.Oesophageal Cancer Oesophageal cancer aetiologically, therapeutically and prognostically should be divided into two common histological types, rather than considered together, although many of the treatments […]
Helicobacter pylori: The Bug That Beats the Acid Test
While most bacteria are doomed to extinction once they encounter the acidic environment of a normal stomach, there is one, called Helicobacter pylori, that has […]