mgw
Sun, Oct-22-06, 12:27
As far as I understand it, the way that human digestion works is that there are a bunch of different kinds of microscopic organisms which live in the human body , and which can be though of as having a symbiotic relationship with us. It's good for them and good for us. They process things we eat, and their output becomes the input of some other part of digestion. It is possible that there may be variation in what micro-organisms people have, and perhaps this may partly explain why some people can maintain the same weight but eat more, even with comparable body size, age, bone structure, and activity.
It's supposed to be a good idea to eat yogurt if one has been taking anti-biotics, and this is supposed to have something to do with replenishing the micro-organisms.
I also vaguely recall that there is a chain of neurological and biochemical events which result in someone feeling full after eating, and that at least one genetic defect in the brain sensors in this chain has been identified.
I also remember that Hoodia is supposed to allow one to feel full after eating less food, although the safety of doing this over a long time has not been studied, and I am not sure whether anyone has figured out why it works for anyone, and why it does not work for everyone.
We're all trying to lose a lot of weight by eating differently than we used to, and we should continue, but does anyone have more precise and recent understanding about why we find this so difficult?
mgw
It's supposed to be a good idea to eat yogurt if one has been taking anti-biotics, and this is supposed to have something to do with replenishing the micro-organisms.
I also vaguely recall that there is a chain of neurological and biochemical events which result in someone feeling full after eating, and that at least one genetic defect in the brain sensors in this chain has been identified.
I also remember that Hoodia is supposed to allow one to feel full after eating less food, although the safety of doing this over a long time has not been studied, and I am not sure whether anyone has figured out why it works for anyone, and why it does not work for everyone.
We're all trying to lose a lot of weight by eating differently than we used to, and we should continue, but does anyone have more precise and recent understanding about why we find this so difficult?
mgw