“Flies Are So Hard To Swat?” Scientist Discover Why

ScienceDaily — Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: Why are flies so hard to swat? “Now I can finally answer,” says Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a fly’s evasive maneuvering. Long before the fly leaps, its tiny brain calculates the location of the impending threat, comes up with an escape plan, and places its legs in an optimal position to hop out of the way in the opposite direction. All of this action takes place within about 100 milliseconds after the fly first spots the swatter.

“We also found that when the fly makes planning movements prior to take-off, it takes into account its body position at the time it first sees the threat,” Dickinson says. Dickinson’s research suggests an optimal method for actually swatting a fly. “It is best not to swat at the fly’s starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter,” he says.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080828135901.htm

Okay, okay this is definately not weight loss related or how even to lose weight naturally but some fun is needed every now and then. It is relevant to mental health! And mental health does lead us to lose weight naturally, chuckle. I can remember my grandmother prowling around the kitchen just lookin’ for the little bas… if she only knew the correct angle of attack…

Love what science does for us, everything old is new again.
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High levels of physical activity can help to counteract a gene that normally causes people to gain weight, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine says ScienceDaily. They analyzed gene variants… found that the obesity-related FTO gene had no effect on individuals who were the most physically active.

“Our results strongly suggest that the increased risk of obesity due to genetic susceptibility can be blunted through physical activity,” the authors conclude. “These findings emphasize the important role of physical activity in public health efforts to combat obesity, particularly in genetically susceptible individuals.”

Soren Snitker, M.D., Ph.D., says, “Our study shows that a high level of physical activity can ‘level the playing field,’ equalizing the risk of obesity between those who have copies of the FTO gene variant and those who don’t.”

“Some of the genes shown to cause obesity in our modern environment may not have had this effect a few centuries ago when most people’s lives were similar to that of present-day Amish farmers,” he says. He adds that environmental and lifestyle factors, such as a high-fat diet and lack of exercise, also may serve as triggers for obesity in genetically susceptible people.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080908185228.htm

This is good news! Obesity is no laughing matter (never was). Many people are not able to be weight loss fat burners. Science can come to our aid sometime in the future to counter our sedentary and technological lovely ways of modern living to ‘level the playing field of FTO gene’ holders. Until then, for us non weight loss fat burners who are awaiting this breakthrough, eating less and eating well still remains our best bet to regain health and vitality. And what better way then with Thinexa Natural Weight Loss Supplement.

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A Université Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, are published in the most recent issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, says ScienceDaily.

“…Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries,” said Mr. Chaput. “This is a factor that should not be ignored, considering that more and more people hold jobs of an intellectual nature,” the researcher concluded.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080904102804.htm

So if we lead intellectual jobs or lives we may be suspect to over eating. Makes sense. Food is often an unconscious reward for working hard or is needed by the brain for energy because of ‘glucose combustion’ (per article reference) . What to do about it? Lose weight naturally using our safe weight loss pills to help stabilize those sugar levels and curb over eating at the same time, all naturally of course. It’s not a perfect world, but it can be easier.

Formerly ‘Appetite Control Challenged’
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Well, more info about sleep deprivation and how harmful it can be especially to lose weight naturally.

Loss of sleep, even for a few short hours during the night, can prompt one’s immune system to turn against healthy tissue and organs.

Says a study reported in ScienceDaily that losing sleep for even part of one night can trigger the key cellular pathway that produces tissue-damaging inflammation. The findings suggest a good night’s sleep can ease the risk of both heart disease and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Understanding the cellular mechanisms by which sleep loss enhances inflammatory biology in humans, with implications for understanding the association between sleep disturbance and risk of a wide spectrum of medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, certain cancers, and obesity can be of great importance .

Physical and psychological stress brought on in part by grinding work, school and social schedules is keeping millions of Americans up at night,” said Dr. Irwin, lead author and director of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at the Semel Institute. “America’s sleep habits are simply not healthy. Our findings suggest even modest sleep loss may play a role in common disorders that affect sweeping segments of the population.” In other words, sleep is vitally important to maintaining a healthy body. And as Dr. Krystal notes, “these findings provide a potential mechanistic avenue through which addressing sleep disturbance might improve health.

It’s important to note that they found this increase in inflammatory response in only the female subjects.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080902075211.htm

Egads! Again, sleep is soooooooooo important. Fortunately, for those of us interested to lose weight naturally, our product goes right along with improving sleep and losing weight. With out any stimulants to keep you awake and with GABA, the possibility of improved sleep is even better.

may you have a good night’s sleep and lose weight naturally too,
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For my first real post, this is quite important.

I read today in Science Daily “Dr Andrews found that appetite-suppressing cells are attacked by free radicals after eating and said the degeneration is more significant following meals rich in carbohydrates and sugars.

“The more carbs and sugars you eat, the more your appetite-control cells are damaged, and potentially you consume more,” Dr Andrews said.

Dr Andrews said the attack on appetite suppressing cells creates a cellular imbalance between our need to eat and the message to the brain to stop eating. “However, free radicals created naturally in the body attack the POMC neurons. This process causes the neurons to degenerate overtime, affecting our judgement as to when our hunger is satisfied,” Dr Andrews said.

“People in the age group of 25 to 50 are most at risk. The neurons that tell people in the crucial age range not to over-eat are being killed-off.” Dr Andrews said the reduction in the appetite-suppressing cells could be one explanation for the complex condition of adult-onset obesity.

“A diet rich in carbohydrate and sugar that has become more and more prevalent in modern societies over the last 20-30 years has placed so much strain on our bodies that it’s leading to premature cell deterioration,” Dr Andrews said.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821110113.htm

Holy-moly! More reasons to fight free radicals within our bodies. Our own natural appetite suppressant cells are under siege with the typical american diet. Consume less carbs or eat less carelessly…the negative effects are long term if we don’t heed this scientific advise. Our health’s way better if we do. The easiest way, I think, to do this is simply to use our product. Protect the natural appetite suppressant cells you do have by easting less and feeling full. Maybe the appetite control cells will build back up again. I don’t know. It is possible. Every cell in our bodies replenishes over time. Every cell. Couldn’t hurt and could make a HUGE difference in your life.

Knowledge followed by action is real.
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