Tasty Foods Send Signal to Brain to Keep Eating

This research led by Dr. Deborah Clegg, showed that palmitic acid (a type of saturated fatty acid) usually found in junk food and ice-cream tells the brain that we need to keep eating. This fat makes us hungrier because it sends signals to the brain to keep eating, and making it harder to feel full.

The Researchers postulated the cause may be due to change in brain chemistry in a very short period of time, as the brain gets 'hit' with these saturated fatty acids (especially the palmitic acid), so it becomes resistant to insulin and leptin.

Only hypophagic primed brain can feel very early satiety that allows it to easily say that it had enough food, and this is the main advantage of my latest scientific diet plan: Elhashemy’s Hypophagic Lifestyle “EHL”, which leads to permanent changes in people’s lifestyle.

According to my clinical observations, “EHL” success is derived from the following factors:

1. The more you are free to eat temptation foods, the longer you will keep on your diet plan, because this potentiates the nucleus accumbens responsible for the reward sensation.

2. The more you boost Elhashemy´s Stomach Satiety Spot "ESSS”, the faster you will feel satiety, thus the more you will tend to eat low-volume meals (Luqaimat).

3. The more frequent you are trained on micro-meals "Luqaimat", the more your brain neuroplasticity becomes acquainted to such small volumes.

I believe that “EHL” will represent for many obese people the release valve starting year 2010, as they will eat any junk food they like in minute volumes (Luqaimat size), and will not feel hungry after such small-volume meals. This is due to the fact that they will be trained to become hypophagic for long (i.e. they feel less appetite and less hunger than normal individuals).

I agree with the general conclusion of the research performed by Dr. Deborah Clegg. However, I believe that there is an exception in which the brain can resist over eating triggered by eating junk food and ice-cream, that is when the obese person reaches the hypophagic state.

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elhashemy 1:02PM September 16, 2009