CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Receptor Antagonist, Reuptake, Libido

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Elevated rates of obesity especially in children has caused an elevated rate of type 2 diabetes. Most heavy person on earth: mexican manuel uribe = 550kg. 1/20 people once obese manage to keep the weight off. Exercise before eating, then eat while still panting with fatigue. Gimmicks for weight loss: acustop, electronics, fat melting, patches, fad diets (eg. no fat, cabbage soup, mustard, high/low carbs) Think about eating food and you"ll be satiated by that alone. Sucrose = glucose + fructose weight gain. Dr lustig: leptin that curbs appetite not produced with consumption of fructose, so fructose does not blunt appetite like glucose. Burned a lot of food to determine energy, normalized measurements by. Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 c. 1 food calorie = 1kcal = 1000 small calories. Raises temp of 1kg of h2o by 1 c. Obesigen: phthalate found in plastics = insulin resisten, increases obesity.