The New Science Dedicated Weight Loss Blog

Weight loss has become a huge industry involving billions of dollars. Overweight is a health problem that needs the whole society to care about. This urged people to pump money and pay great attention to research of every aspect of weight gain and loss.


Research offers us new facts and notions about weight issue almost every day, and what were taken for granted is now questionable, like:
- Ephedra is not the best thermogenic (heat producing) agent
- You can not target specific fat at specific areas with exercise
- Weekend calories interrupt your weight loss plan
- Gastric bypass is not the best choice for diabetics
- Reading induces weight loss in teenagers...etc.


On the other hnd, we are bombarded with new weight loss plans almost every day, they are of every kind, many of them claim miracles we never hear about in the media, and others claim scientifically proved and we never read about them in reputable scientific journals.


All these conditions make me thinking a new blog where nothing outside scientific authorized entities is included. I already made my blog and you will find discussion of all of that and more, it is live and running at
Best Way To Lose Weight

Soy Birth Control

Effect of phytoestrogens on sperm count is now found in clinical study on humans, would Soy be the next ingredient of a pill for birth control to be used by men?
Read the news:
Soy-based foods may lower sperm count - Men's health- msnbc.com

Recipes To Improve Mood

Researchers found that people with high blood levels of omega-3s tended to be more agreeable and less likely to report mild symptoms of depression than those with low levels.The possible mechanism behind the mood differences is likely that People with high blood levels of omega-3s have more gray matter in the areas of the brain linked to mood.


The following recipes are rich in omega-3s, and you can choose your prefernces and enjoy improved mood with both the taste and omega-3s

Salmon en Papillote with Dill-Yogurt Sauce

Oatmeal with Apples, Hazelnuts, and Flaxseed

Almond-Buttermilk Hotcakes with Blackberry-Grape Sauce

Clementine Salad with Spiced Walnuts and Pickled Onions

Multigrain Pilaf with Sunflower Seeds

Wheat Germ Pancakes

Tuna "London Broil" with Wasabi Cream

Herring and Apple Salad

LDL and HDL Cholesterol and Heart Diseases

Understanding Cholesterol Video


Cholesterol is a clear evidence of the delicate balance required for biological phenomena. We can not live without cholesterol as it is required for the integrity of cell membranes and for the synthesis of hormones. Cholesterol is made by the body and eaten with animal foods, i.e. the vegetarian body senthesizes its needs of cholesterol.


Since cholesterol is a fatty material and is not dissolved in water , thus it needs a special carrier to be trnsported in the blood stream, these carriers are lipoproteins, either High Density Lipoproteins which clears cholesterol from blood vessels to the liver (Good Lipoprotein), or Low Density Lipoproteins which distributes cholesterol into the body tissues including blood vessels (Bad Lipoproteins).



When LDL cholesterol is higher than 160 milligrams per deciliter, or HDL cholesterol is lower than 40 milligrams per decilliter, cholesterol starts to be precipitated on the intima (the exposed layer of blood vessels) forming plaques which acts as a bed that accumulates constituents of the blood like platelets, thus clogging blood vessels(atherosclerosis).


Atherosclerosis shrinks the space in which the blood moves, moreover it
diminishes the elasticity of the arteries, and both exerts an overburden on the heart to move the same amount of blood, the thing that starts cardiovascular or heart diseases.

Causes of Morning Sickness

Causes of morning sickness revealed - Pregnancy- msnbc.com


If there are other animals known to experience morning sickness, it would not have represented such a problem to medical research. Today's scientific analysis states that morning sickness acts as a defense mechanism the human body evolved to to keep away from dangerous chemicals.

The analysis depended on these facts:

1- No other mammals experience morning sickness and this excludes the probability of a reaction between mother and embryo.

2- The morning sickness triggering factors are related to agents known to harm the human body, examples;
- Sight, smell, or taste of foods that are historically likely to contain foodborne microbes or birth-defect-inducing chemicals
- Alcohol and cigarette smoking

3- The wide range of foods humans eat in comparison to mammals has recalled for a mechanism that keeps dangerous chemicals out of the body, aka, vomiting.