David Lovell-Smith- PhD, MB,ChB, FRNZCGP
- Lecturer at University of Otago
David Lovell-Smith
- PhD, MB,ChB, FRNZCGP
- Lecturer at University of Otago
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The 500 bacterial species that inhabit the alimentary canal have been a source of interest for me since employment in the Gastroenterology Unit . It is now increasingly recognized that between 5 and 15 percent of these bacteria stimulate pathogenic immune responses, abetted by high insulin resistance. Early on in my career I realized that both insu...
A set of spontaneous hunger sensations, Initial Hunger (IH), has been associated with low blood glucose concentration (BG). These sensations may arise pre-meal or can be elicited by delaying a meal. With self-measurement of BG, subjects can be trained to formally identify and remember these sensations (Hunger Recognition). Subjects can then be trai...
Background. Excessive energy intake has been implicated in diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and obesity. Dietary restraint has been unsuccessful as a method for the self-regulation of eating. Recognition of initial hunger (IH) is easily learned, can be validated by associated blood glucose (BG) concentration, and may improve insulin...
It is hypothesised that eating is regulated when eating pleasure fulfills (and thus extinguishes) the desire to eat and that eating pleasure is maximised when eating is prompted by an Empty Hollow Sensation (EHS). Absent, unrecognised, misinterpreted or false hunger sensations may account for non-regulated eating in many so-called normal eaters, no...
Dietary restraint is largely unsuccessful for controlling obesity. As an alternative, subjects can easily be trained to reliably recognize sensations of initial hunger (IH) a set of physiological sensations which emerge spontaneously, not necessarily at planned mealtimes, and may be the afferent arm of a homeostatic system of food intake regulation...
How humans regulate eating and why regulation fails in many people is not well understood. Obesity has reached unprecedented proportions. Diabetes and heart disease are among a range of illnesses associated with excessive caloric intake and poor energy balance. A theory of food regulation is proposed within a paradigm sufficiently broad to encompas...
