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Collateral fattening: When a deficit in lean body mass drives overeating Abstract "In his last review entitled “Some Adventures in Body Composition,” Gilbert Forbes reminded us that “lean body mass and body fat are in a sense companions.” To what extent the lean body mass (or fat-free mass)...

I posted some studies recently on inhibiting the enzyme 11b-HSD1, which is responsible for the synthesis of cortisol. Currently, despite the denials of medicine that elevated cortisol has a causative role in diabetes and obesity, behind the scenes both Pfizer and Merck have experimental drugs...