Jessica Simpson made a lot of headlines after two back-to-back pregnancies saw her gain a lot of extra weight. But the proud Weight Watchers ambassador announced that she has finally reached her target weight, thanks in part to motivation from her fiancé Eric Johnson. The singer posted a photo on Instagram last week showing her and a friend working out on treadmills with Johnson’s football jersey framed in the background. On top of that, Simpson was recently spotted wearing her famous Daisy Dukes, a look she became known for after starring in the Dukes of Hazzard movie. Jess has clearly worked hard and boy, does she look fit!
High-Fat Diets Could Reduce the Brain’s Ability to Regulate Food Intake
Thursday, January 26, 2023
When high-fat and high-calorie foods are consumed regularly, our brain’s ability to regulate hunger cues, and calorie intake gets reduced. A new study has shown evidence of how continuously eating a fatty diet seems to disrupt the neurological pathway between the brain and the gut.
The cells in charge of signaling the brain when we’ve had enough food are called astrocytes. According to new research published in The Journal of Physiology, calorie intake is regulated in the short term by astrocytes (large star-shaped cells in the brain that regulate many different functions of neurons in the brain). Astrocytes also control the signaling pathway between the brain and the gut, a path that can get interrupted by high calorie diets.
