If you are overweight, here’s some additional incentive to lose the pounds from a recent study in the journal Neurology that suggests there is a connection between obesity and brain power amongst the middle aged.

I stopped regularly drinking milk years ago for health reasons, and- based on the sheer volume of milk propaganda going around- have always felt the dairy industry has had an unnatural grip on American dietary habits.

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Just read an article on WebMD that discusses new research out of the University of Florida.

The study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, reveals that children who are obese by age 4 are more likely to have lower IQ scores.

Specifically, children that weigh 150% more than their ideal weight had IQ scores that were 25-30 points lower.

One of the hormones that control appetite is leptin. Released by fat cells, it normally crosses into the brain and tells it to stop eating.

In many obese people, however, leptin is unable to cross into the brain, as it has trouble penetrating the blood-brain barrier.

Now a new study reveals that not only does leptin regulate appetite, but it