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“Science shows us that normal-weight people are far less responsible for their weight than they may believe.”
― Emily Cooper

“I’VE ALWAYS DREAMED there was a problem with my metabolism that caused my body to hold on to fat,” Sarah said, “but I didn’t know there really WAS a problem!” Counter to what we have all been told, weight problems really are commonly caused by metabolism problems. In this chapter, I will introduce many little-known but powerful hormones that play a major role in regulating weight, metabolism, and appetite.”
― Emily Cooper

“The desire to be inactive is a biological and hormonal response, not simply a lifestyle choice.”
― Emily Cooper

“I realized that patients with obesity and patients with anorexia, including those who were severely underweight, had far more in common metabolically than most people would ever suspect. Their blood work showed that both their bodies thought they were starving. How could someone’s overweight body feel it was as starving as someone’s underweight body?”
― Emily Cooper

“it keeps the entire body informed and updated about how much a person weighs and whether he or she is carrying sufficient body fat to freely burn fat when the body needs energy. The leptin signal is a major influencer of metabolism in the brain. Once received by the brain, if other reassuring signals are also present, the brain permits the appetite to regulate itself and allows the metabolism to function at full throttle.”
― Emily Cooper

“Experience the world. Let your steps cross borders, let your eyes absorb wonders. Soak in the essence of freedom and let your true calling unveil itself at its own pace. There's no need to seek joy in the trivial or routine.”
― Emily Cooper

“metabolic impairment can also cause decreased appetite or an absence of appetite. Patients with this kind of metabolic issue tend to struggle with making food choices, either having trouble deciding between foods or feeling that nothing looks good.”
― Emily Cooper

“you'll never go any where if your car has no wheels.in your move your butt 'cause hard work will your life a whole lot easyer”
― Emily Cooper

“she exercised so much while consuming a limited diet, Kate’s condition caused her body to perceive her well-meaning tactics as deprivation, and this activated a powerful weight defense system that made her body store all her fuel as fat for protection.”
― Emily Cooper

“The body cannot convert fats to carbohydrates, so if it needs more carbs, it takes proteins from the muscles and immune system to supply the needed energy. This results in muscle breakdown and reduced immune function.”
― Emily Cooper

“We often assume that maintaining a normal weight is a sign of health, but in reality scientists have found that 24 percent of normal-weight people have chronic diseases that are often attributed only to people who are obese.”
― Emily Cooper

“Even in overweight patients, the brain “sees” only the current deprivation triggered by dieting—it is blind to the excess weight, so it tells the body to store fat for protection.”
― Emily Cooper

“I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard people say that my weight issues just boil down to how weak I am. I have to show I’m extra ‘whatever’ to make up for being fat. I’ve always had to organize my personality around proving myself.” So many in our society see being thin as successful and heavy as a failure.”
― Emily Cooper

“the eating experience of people with metabolic issues often feels urgent, a feeling that can lead to faster eating and greater food intake. This happens because brain receptors (MC3Rs and even MC4R’s) aren’t registering the food intake and, therefore, fail to signal that the meal is over.”
― Emily Cooper

“The body’s fat tissue, also known as fat mass, is actually the endocrine system’s largest organ. Fat plays an enormously important role in regulating metabolism and influencing inflammation responses throughout the body. Collectively, the fat mass produces and secretes more hormones and bioactive chemicals, called adipocytokines, than any other endocrine gland.”
― Emily Cooper

“scientists have found that rather than helping with weight loss, diets can actually promote future weight gain because of their impact on metabolism.”
― Emily Cooper

“Because we don’t feel full, we may increase the pace and quantity of our food intake, causing the stomach to become overly distended. Without normally functioning satiety cues, we begin to rely on this bloated feeling to know we’ve had enough to eat. In contrast, for a person with normal metabolic function, satiety cues are sensed in the brain first, followed by the stomach.”
― Emily Cooper

“I have had patients who are gaining weight at a rate of 50% of their body weight per year, in spite of starving themselves.”
― Emily Cooper