by Hamna Qasim | Dec 30, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Medical
Introduction to Energy Homeostasis and Energy Balance Remember, it’s a critical topic that forms the basis for our understanding of weight gain and obesity. So let’s start by looking a bit more into the regulation of food intake. The energy balance is the balance...
by Hamna Qasim | Nov 24, 2020 | Lifestyle, Tech and News
A Brief Look at the History In recent decades, a particular phobia named ‘Islamophobia’ has engrossed Western communities. An exaggerated fear and hatred toward Islam and Muslims, peddled by negative stereotypes, lead to racism, bigotry, and the victimization and...
by Hamna Qasim | Nov 11, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Medical
Use of Fatty Acids As Fuel From triglycerides to fatty acids Depending on whether you are in the fasted state or just consumed a heavy meal, most of the blood’s triglycerides are present either as VLDL or chylomicrons. The action of lipoprotein lipase bound to the...
by Hamna Qasim | Oct 10, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Medical
Lipid Metabolism The Ultimate Info Here, we’ll look at how the body processes dietary fat. The reason why it is essential is that we need to know what happens to dietary fat after we consume it so to link it with the specific effects in the body. Therefore, we...
by Hamna Qasim | Sep 28, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Medical
Fat Tissue Probably the most important nutritional problem in today’s society is obesity. Now, what is obesity? Essentially obesity is having too much fat in your body. Now, what is body fat? Body fat is composed of adipocytes or fat cells stored in...
