Re: The Rosedale Diet and Leptin

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> Hi

>

> I haven't been active here for awhile, but an article

> from Mercola's site by Ron Rosedale caught my

> attention.

>

> Has anyone read the book, " The Rosedale Diet " that

> could explain what leptin is? In all my years of

> school, I only learned about insulin being the problem

> hormone, but Rosedale keeps speaking about leptin and

> doesn't explain the mechanism of function.

>

> From what I gather, his diet is similar to Atkins.

> How does it differ??

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> jafa

>

Hi jafa,

i've read it...and basically, leptin and insulin seem to run

parallel...if you're insulin resistant, chances are you're leptin

resistant too. leptin is the hormone that controls hunger, the more

leptin you have the less hungry you SHOULD feel, but people with

leptin resistance need more and more of it to feel full when they

eat, so high levels of it mean you are leptin resistant.

the book, he is anti-saturated fat...so i can't follow his program.

laura in nj