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5/03/2005

Midnight Snacking -- All in Your Genes?

AOL ran a piece yesterday about some new research into mice and a gene that regulates their body clock (http://aolsvc.aol.com/dietfitness/news/main9.adp ). Here is a quote from their synopsis:

“According to a new study, the urge to reach for a midnight snack may be genetic and out of your control.”

Well. Thanks for that inspiring piece AOL. We might as well give up now. No sense trying to change if it’s all pre-determined by our genes.

After reading this enticing lead in, I then went to the actual report of the research study and learned a couple of interesting things.

  1. From the report “Other studies involving leptin (a hormone associated with appetite) and appetite in mice have not translated directly to humans”.
  2. No where does the research or do the researchers suggest that your urges are “out of your control”. In fact, they suggest that avoiding eating late at night might be a good thing, something that is very much in your control.

Interestingly enough, other research by neuroscientist Michael Meaney of McGill University of Montreal on rats shows that the DNA of the rats actually changes based on the type of maternal care the rats receive. Specifically, an activator molecule attached to their stress receptor gene actually disconnects, turning the gene itself on or off based on the quality of care a pup receives. The take away: genes may be there, but environmental factors can determine if they are activated or not.

The fact is that when people change their behavior to consume less calories than they burn, they lose weight. Always. Put in less than is going out, and the stored energy (fat) will be used. Your weight will drop.

So the questions becomes, can we change our behavior? Just ask anyone who has successfully quit smoking or drinking or drugging. What do you suppose they will say about their genes?

Perhaps our focus should be more on the study of and reporting on techniques that really do help people make permanent behavior change such as Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Now that would be inspiring.

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