by Hamna Qasim | Jun 20, 2022 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Introduction to Weight Management and Obesity As most of you know, weight management and obesity are growing problems worldwide: more and more people suffer daily! We’ll start by looking at ways to assess obesity. You’ve probably heard of the term: BMI or...
by Hamna Qasim | Dec 30, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
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...
by Hamna Qasim | Nov 11, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Use of Fatty Acids As Fuel From triglycerides to fatty acids Whether you are in a fasted state or just consumed a heavy meal, most of the blood’s triglycerides are either VLDL or chylomicrons. The action of lipoprotein lipase bound to the wall of capillaries in the...
by Hamna Qasim | Oct 10, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Lipid Metabolism The Ultimate Info Here, we’ll look at how the body processes dietary fat. It is essential because we need to know what happens to dietary fat after consuming it to link it with the specific effects on the body. Therefore, we need to track it and...
by Hamna Qasim | Sep 28, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
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...
by Hamna Qasim | Sep 10, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Intro to Lipids Image Source: microbenotes.com Do you know that fats/lipids are the same? Lipids are just a more fancy word. And we eat and also store fat. But what is fat really, how is it processed, and what’s the difference between saturated and unsaturated...
