Sentences with phrase «of obesogens»

Evan Brand: Yeah, so that's a good point that you already hit on is there are a lot of sources of stress that women honestly may not be aware of in terms — in terms of the obesogens for example, the hormone - disrupting chemicals that are out there that can cause you to gain weight.

While it may seem like you can't escape the plethora of obesogens surrounding you, it is possible to avoid exposure to many of them.

Not exact matches

Frank Gilliland, an environmental epidemiologist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, became intrigued when laboratory studies suggested that certain pollutants in the environment might function as «obesogens,» contributing to weight gain by mimicking or disrupting the action of hormones, or having other effects.

But, she says, the finding that dust contains bulge - inducing components, dubbed «obesogens,» raises the question of whether the contaminants play a role in the obesity epidemic.

And in my experience, xenoestrogens (which mimic the effects of estrogen and can be found in plants, plastics, and preservatives) are the most noteworthy obesogens.

While the main causes of obesity are still imbalances in energy levels and improper diets, the school of thought surrounding obesogens continues to grow.

Obesogens are present in a number of things people touch, use, eat off of and drink out of on a daily basis, all of which have a seriously detrimental effect on the body.

Indoor air is often several times more contaminated than outdoor air and can expose us to a variety of chemicals, allergens, particulates, obesogens, VOCs and odors.

In the featured video below Dr. Raleigh Duncan, founder and designer of our Clearlight Sauna ® models, explain the direct relationship between weight loss and the toxins called obesogens as well as the chemical BPA.

Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California, Irvine, who coined the term «obesogen,» studies the effect that organotins — a class of persistent organic pollutants that are widely used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride plastics, as fungicides and pesticides on crops, as slimicides in industrial water systems, as wood preservatives, and as marine antifouling agents — have on the body's metabolism.

Anytime you're really wanting to clean out and there's so much... Because we're in constant exposure to low level damaging chemicals, not just endocrine disruptors but many of them, it's much harder to have a regular healthy weight today than it was in the 1980s because of these work like obesogens.

TAKE A LOOK AT SALMON: Because farmed salmon are fed a mix of soy (an obesogen) and fish meal, their flesh is naturally white, not pink.

LOOKING AT FRUIT: An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but not if that apple contains high levels of pesticides and obesogens.

The chemicals that disrupt the function of our hormonal system are called obesogens.

At the biochemical level there is a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting certain environmental chemicals, or «obesogens», could disrupt the body's metabolism and contribute to the obesity epidemic,» she said.