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FOXNewshealth.com Managing Editor Dr. Manny Alvarez on whether the new hormone 'Irisin' will help fight obesity and diabetes.
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-- did disease control prevention.
One in every three adults and -- every six children.
Obese in the United States these stats based on the data from the 092010.
National health and nutrition nutrition examination.
And really not much change in the last twelve years.
The prevalence of people classified as overweight -- -- -- 68.
Point 8% of the overall population.
Think about that two thirds of the population while in children -- approximately 17% it's a big job medical -- -- big money story as well into thirds of the country's overweight two thirds of the economy.
Is -- way impacts lot of different things actually that we talk about and for more on -- Boston researchers discovered this hormone.
It produce by muscles during exercise it boost the amount of calories that the body -- So could this to be the key to fighting obesity even the dot beta.
Fox -- -- dot com doctor Alvarez joins that would -- eleven do you -- the Dow beta that's on my grandmother calls it did you know that growth has the back of the aegis.
Yeah well no I don't think that this is gonna be a pill that's gonna eradicate obesity.
Basically what this and re surge of the Harvard university showing.
That when you exercise.
You do release a very specific type hormone which -- -- calling horizon.
And -- this hormone.
Really what it does it translates.
On usable fat to burning fat and therefore -- you know you burn the calories that way.
So the whole key here is understanding how exercise works now I I grant you there are ready pharmaceutical companies that are looking at this compound -- say.
It can't we -- to ties this hormone and perhaps.
-- boost the treatment especially when you talk about let's say diabetes because you know the whole issue -- obesity is not the fact the people are overweight is that ultimately.
All unhealthy overweight chronic state can lead to type two diabetes and this is the Avalon which.
And clearly you know.
In in many countries -- tell you like in south American volume in many countries what they do is when you are significantly overweight and you have type two diabetes that'll give you pills.
Basically they grant you an operation if you want to so you can do battery after surgery you you you get rid of the hundred pounds.
-- undergoes a diabetes so everything is directly linked diabetes is that -- is mostly disease.
That is created by the in activity frankly you know I you marble -- -- tissue that's basically what you do.
And therefore you you can you know your insulin is really doesn't work on -- -- we well talking about it all we can -- hazardous Paula dean thing where -- -- yeah it is for three years and didn't tell anybody -- can work for drug company and getting a lot of criticism for well.
I came out and I criticize or yesterday I mean I love Paula the united I think chooses them a marvelous television personality but.
Doesn't clearly hard food is one of the biggest problem -- his -- irregular you know when to start cooking -- -- -- You kind of -- -- -- over the top that's really not coking and this is a lot of comfort food.
And for folks that she appeals to when they consumed those thousands of calories and you sit around -- Eli has account -- -- exercise ultimately you gonna get -- camp and you know clearly she's been having to disease for three years or so what now.
She's gonna become an expert on type two diabetes she should join the Fox News eighteen probably about as you know what give advice -- Not the cook -- of that -- -- problem people just watch it the people who eat out all the time and consume way to many calories sit and watch to make themselves feel -- And it outlaw it.
It's a quality of that is the quality of the calories that really -- the end of the day makes a difference.
So you know you gotta watch what you eat it should do processed food fried foods kind of food you like that kind of food right -- from the south and you.
Yet but not only that exit -- -- -- you do that anymore.
Not that the -- I mean I hated Lana really very -- -- -- -- now -- -- and I -- it's vegetarian who are vegetarian assays up to -- thank you don't demand for health reasons that's why a long story -- god nobody wants to hear that the warrants that are too bad we don't.
Right now there's just -- up -- look at all Wikipedia today because there is not a competitive if that's the thing that.
