Fat Cells in Control - The Leptin Hormone Link

by Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist and Author of "Mastering Leptin". As seen on Fox News LIVE, August 18, 2004.

(PRWEB) August 21, 2004 -- In light of the widely acknowledged obesity epidemic facing America, major media has attempted to cover the story and provide insight into possible solutions for this problem. So far they have simply documented that fat cells are winning, people are confused, and America is becoming super-sized. Advertisers and sellers of junk food are not confused; they know exactly how to get humans addicted to food and twist fat cells to force humans to spend money at their establishments, even though people know it isnt good for them.

June 2-4, 2004 TIME magazine and ABC News sponsored a national Obesity Summit. Additionally, TIME dedicated their cover story to the obesity issue. Even though their reporters had spent months collecting information from different sources, the article written as their feature story contained almost no useful information that would help someone solve being overweight. It did not even begin to scratch the surface of the meaning of readily available recent scientific discoveries. All it did was point out that our evolving genetics are not prepared for eating all the time and sitting on a couch. Not exactly an earth shaking revelation.

On August 27th NEWSWEEK jumped into the obesity article frenzy, offering a much more informative article outlining the discovery of leptin and how it is involved in obesity. The article concludes by quoting a researcher as saying the best way to lose weight is to not fight the basic biology of the fat cell. This I agree with 100%. The problem with the article is that it did not give one tip on actually how to do this. Instead the article lamented on the fact that eating less and exercising more isnt going to make it as the only solution to this problem, as well as the fact that no drugs to date actually solve the leptin issue (and none are likely in the foreseeable future). Even though these authors were apparently interviewing a variety of obesity researchers, they were unable to come up with any specific helpful tip about how to use this information to lose weight.

As a long-time practicing Clinical Nutritionist, lecturer, researcher and author, I am the leading expert in the country in terms of providing dietary guidelines to overcome problems with leptin. I have worked hands on with thousands of individuals to resolve this issue. There are solutions currently available that will work for the great majority who implement them.

In December of 2002, after several years of intensive research, I published the necessary dietary guidelines to not upset the basic biology of the fat cell. The book, Mastering Leptin, was the first writing to distill over 5000 scientific studies on the subject into meaningful and simple dietary guidelines. The Second Edition of Mastering Leptin has now been released, catching up on the 3000 leptin studies released in the last year and a half, fine tuning the diet principles, and explaining the breakthroughs on cardiovascular health that can revolutionize the prevention and treatment of heart-related issues.

Leptin issues go far beyond the obesity issue. Leptin problems are now documented as the number one cause of heart disease, for a variety of reasons. Several weeks ago, for the first time documented in rats, the ability to synthesize leptin and to receive leptin messages was documented for muscle cells that comprise the very structure of the heart! This information is of overwhelming significance to both obesity and heart disease.

Leptin is the energy broker in the human body. The heart is an energy intense organ, never getting a chance to take a break. The heart needs to have a good way to keep energy production going, even if overall energy levels are declining. Is it any wonder heart cells can make their own leptin? Is it any wonder heart cells receive leptin messages to help gauge the energy needs of the body? We are on the edge of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs ever.

There are five simple dietary guidelines for mastering/balancing the hormone leptin in the body as explained in my book. These simple rules are backed by overwhelming science. People must learn to follow them or they will be at odds with the basic biology of fat cells. All the scientific evidence is fully explained in Mastering Leptin and has been available to the public since December of 2002.

Our Surgeon General is now calling fat the enemy within" and more dangerous than a terrorist threat. Not only is the general public confused, those writing about the issue are also in the dark. There is no need for general public ignorance.

The first thing to know about fat cells is that they are not a blob of inert fuel sitting in storage. They are smart -- very smart. If humans are going to be smarter than fat cells they need to understand the operational guidelines fat cells use. This is why I spent several years of my life writing the manual -- it is there to read for anyone who is interested. Mastering Leptin is the first writing to explain the meaning of over 8,000 studies on the hormone leptin, translating highly complex science into simple English and distilling the information into very simple eating guidelines that almost anyone can follow.

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