Weight Gain

The Fat Hormone: How Effective are You at Burning Belly Fat?

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S.,CFMP Leptin, a recently discovered hormone, regulates body weight by suppressing food intake and/or increasing energy expenditure. Leptin is a very powerful and influential hormone produced by fat cells. Science has discovered that leptin is the most powerful metabolic regulator that tells your brain whether you should be hungry, eat and make […]

Weight Gain May Hike Onychomycosis Risk

by Kristin Jenkins, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 08, 2018 Weight gain was independently associated with a significantly increased risk of onychomycosis, even after controlling for potential confounders, researchers found. Analysis of data from approximately nine million patients in the Korean national insurance system showed that those who gained weight (hazard ratio [HR] 1.09) over a period […]