Women find it harder to suppress their hunger and hence have difficulty LOSING WEIGHT, according to new research that may help explain their higher obesity rates.

US researchers quizzed 13 men and women about their favourite foods - which ranged from pizza to cinnamon buns and chocolate cake - and they were then asked to fast overnight.

The next day the hungry test subjects underwent brain scans while being presented with their favourite foods.

They also used a technique called cognitive inhibition, which they had been taught, in a bid to suppress thoughts of hunger and eating.

While both men and women said the technique decreased their hunger, the scans showed only the men’s brain activity actually decreased.

“Even though the women said they were less hungry when trying to inhibit their response to the food, their brains were still firing away in the regions that control the drive to eat,” says Gene-Jack Wang of Brookhaven National Laboratory.

“There is something going on in the female … the signal is so much different.”
This could explain why women do not find it easy to lose weight. There are no easy one-off solutions like fad diets, best diet pills and liposuction to weight loss. Having said that, there are simple and scientific approaches to fast, easy weight loss. However, one still needs to be disciplined and take a holistic approach to Weight Loss.

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Makes about 4 portions

Ingredients:

1 cup oats
1 cup best quality flour you have
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1.5 cups non-dairy milk (almond, rice, soy, other)
2 eggs (preferably organic and from free-range birds. Choose omega enriched and low cholesterol grades)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons honey or other sweetener of your choice
Maple syrup
Variety of fresh fruit (eg bluberries, strawberries, bananas)

Directions:

1. Lightly coat bottom of large flat pan with a little olive oil over medium heat

2. Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and give it a quick stir.

3. Add wet ingredients and whisk until batter is smooth - the oats will create a slightly bumpy appearance; the idea is to make sure that the powdery ingredients are well combined with the wet ingredients.

4. Use a small ladle to transfer batter to pan, and fill the ladle to about the same level every time. This will give you even sized pancakes

5. When the pan is sufficiently warm transfer enough batter to the pan to create the size that you desire.

6. When bubbles begin to appear, give the pancakes a flip and cook for another minute or two. Cook till golden brown.

Serve with fresh fruit or a little maple syrup

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