The intestine is the seven meters long part of the digestive tract between the stomach and the anus. Made of the small intestine and the large intestine, it serves to the digestion and the assimilation of the nutrients from food, then to the elimination of the useless waste material. But, far from being a simple sewage duct, our intestine constantly…
- 28 October 2015
THE BRAIN NEEDS PLEASURE.
The brain permanently swings between necessity and pleasure. This is the whole issue of the relationship between two key areas called the arcuate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens. The former, which is located in the hypothalamus, is part of the brain stem, i.e. of what is sometimes improperly called “reptilian brain”, the realm of instinct. There sits the need to…
- 27 October 2015
THE BRAIN NEEDS 20 MINUTES TO ACTIVATE SATIETY SIGNALS.
First of all, let us explain the difference between satiation and satiety. Satiation is the fulfillment one feels after a good meal. It depends on the foods ingested and their mastication (mastication has a potent effect on satiation). It also varies dramatically according to the amount of protein, of certain saturated fatty acids, of dietary fiber and low-GI carbohydrates in the…
- 12 October 2015
ONE BODY, THREE WORLDS
Nowadays, two approaches of diabetes, prediabetes, and other metabolic imbalances prevail. The first one, the ‘all-medical’ approach, chiefly deals with endocrine and metabolic processes: calorie intake, insulin metabolism, enzymatic processes and all the neurotransmitters involved in homeostasis, i.e. the regulation of our blood sugar level. It promotes a treatment aiming to ‘chemically’ restore these mechanisms. The second – and most…
- 19 September 2015
THE BRAIN RULES EVERYTHING.
Although our “metabolic” body obeys its own rules, the brain decides almost everything… except in the event of brain death: then the “body’s rule” takes over, as when brain dead patients keep on breathing when their respirator is removed.