Food Reward: Approaching a Scientific Consensus

Review papers provide a bird's-eye view of a field from the perspective of experts.  Recent review papers show that many obesity researchers are converging on a model for the development of obesity that includes excessive food reward*, in addition to other factors such as physical inactivity, behavioral traits, and alterations in the function of the hypothalamus (a key brain region for the regulation of body fatness).  Take for example...

Response to Moore/Kosloff Podcast I: My Un-annotated Blog/Email Exchanges with Adam

I plan to respond to LLVLC Episode 559: Adam Kosloff Says It’s Time To Move ‘Beyond Caloriegate’ in more detail tomorrow or over the weekend.  However for now I felt that the way Adam sounded in the podcast when discussing me didn't reflect the details/spirit of our exchanges here on the blog and in our emails.   So I thought I'd collect those all in one place, without further comment from me at this time, for those readers interested...

sometimes we all need a little push out of our comfort zones....these words are a good reminder for me today.  hope y'all are having a wonderful week.  speaking of comfort zones, i'd love to be pushed out of mine and sport some ankle boots....but it kind of scares me :)*images can be found h...

Tomcat, si Kecil yang Berbahaya

Unik Informatika - Serangga Tomcat atau bisa disebut Semut Semai atau dalam bahasa ilmiahnya Paederus littoralis atau disebut juga Kumbang Rove (Rove Beetle) termasuk dalam keluarga Kumbang, serangga ini adalah seranggga yang hidup dari 200 juta tahun yang lalu.Tomcat tidaklah menggigit dan menyengat melainkan mengeluarkan cairan yang secara otomatis akan keluar dari tubuhnya jika bersentuhan...

Just Eat Less - Move Moore, Jimmy

Note:  I wrote and never published this post a while back, but after listening to the deluded Jimmy Moore in his podcast conversation with Adam Kosloff, I decided to dust this off and publish it up.  I was brought up in the discussion by Adam, and I'll be responding to that exchange on this blog shortly.  Jimmy, if you're ever going to get control over your situation, you need to listen to Lalonde over Kosloff, Colpo over Eades, Me...

Kisah Detik Terakhir Nabi Muhammad SAW

Pagi itu, Rasulullah dengan suara terbata memberikan petuah, "Wahai umatku, kita semua ada dalam kekuasaan Allah dan cinta kasih-Nya. Maka taati dan bertakwalah kepada-Nya. Kuwariskan dua hal pada kalian, sunnah dan Al Qur'an. Barang siapa mencintai sunnahku, berati mencintai aku dan kelak orang-orang yang mencintaiku, akan bersama-sama masuk surga bersama aku."Khutbah singkat itu diakhiri dengan pandangan mata Rasulullah yang teduh menatap...

Tristan Alif Naufal, Pesepakbola Bola Muda Berbakat Indonesia (Video)

You'll Never Walk Alone - Tristan Alif Naufal merupakan pesepakbola muda didikan Liverpool Academy Indonesia. Kini ia berumur 7 tahun dan bakatnya pun sangat luar biasa. Bahkan. pelatih sekaliber Pep Guardiola pun sempat memuji kemampuan Alif memainkan bola ketika ia datang ke Indonesia sekitar Juli 2012 lalu. Dan berikut ini saya akan berbagi video skill Tristan Alif Naufal dari situs Youtube.Nah, bagaimana menurut Anda skill dari Tristan...