By Dr. Kate Scannell, Syndicated Columnist
First published in print: 10/29/2011
You don't expect to read a Halloween story in the staid New England Journal of Medicine. But there it was this week -- a chilling tale about menacing hormones that kept taunting dieters to eat!
Dieters have long-suspected the presence of powerful adversarial forces laying "in weight" of any seemingly successful dieting effort. Lost pounds seem to return automatically, like cloying "boo!"-merangs.
Many dieters are dispirited by such frustrating experiences. They commonly convey a sense of feeling haunted by powerful internal messages that relentlessly coax them back to the snack table, scare them into believing they must -- and will -- return to their pre-diet weights.
Finally, Australian researchers have confirmed those dieters' suspicions. Read More