Most overweight and obese individuals are in a hormonal state that signifies starvation to the rest of the body. This functional state of starvation occurs due to leptin resistance, and the result is that the body temperature decreases, energy levels fall, appetite increases – particularly sugar cravings, the body stores fat more readily than it burns fat, blood sugar and triglyceride levels rise, and the telltale symptoms of metabolic syndrome become present.
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Obesity is Starvation
Sep 3
Vivus, Arena Obesity Drugs Won’t Be Judged by Fen-Phen Risk, U.S. FDA Says
U.S. regulators don’t plan to re- examine safety data from fen-phen, the recalled diet treatment that caused heart valve damage, as they review a new generation of weight-loss pills led by Vivus Inc. ’s Qnexa.
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