#185: How Memory Plays A Role In Regaining Weight
Arnold's Pump Club
Arnold's Pump Club
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🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
If you analyze decades of research, it becomes clear that we know many effective ways to lose weight. The real struggle is keeping off the pounds and hanging onto your success. In this episode, Arnold shares a new research breakthrough that might explain why weight regain is so common -- and it's all about a surprising type of memory that could be making it harder to keep off the pounds.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club. |
| 0:04.7 | My favorite part of doing this podcast in writing the daily newsletter is that I'm always learning something new. |
| 0:12.0 | It's crazy to think, but I have been involved with fitness and nutrition and health for more than five decades. |
| 0:18.4 | But it says something when each week I find myself fascinated by all the studies, |
| 0:22.6 | Adam finds his explanation of what the research really shows |
| 0:26.6 | and how these new discoveries can help you better understand your own body. |
| 0:31.6 | I think keeping an open mind makes it easy for you to become better with time |
| 0:36.6 | rather than being weighed down by outdated ideas. |
| 0:40.6 | Or it helps you understand other people's struggles, or it helps you find new ways to improve |
| 0:48.6 | where you once felt stuck. And all those are reasons to keep listening, learning, and growing. |
| 0:57.8 | And now let's get to today's tips. |
| 1:00.8 | Just because you've worked hard to lose weight by eating better and exercising |
| 1:04.7 | doesn't mean your body is ready to let go of the past. |
| 1:08.3 | New research suggests that your fat cells retain a memory of obesity. |
| 1:15.4 | Even after you shed the pounds, which might be a big reason why some people find it almost |
| 1:20.3 | too easy to regain lost weight, researchers analyzed fat cells from individuals before and after weight loss. They compared those |
| 1:30.9 | who were overweight and had bariatric surgery to those who were lean. Even after obese individuals |
| 1:37.4 | dropped the weight, the scientists found that fat cells leave behind a molecular memory |
| 1:43.1 | encoded in cells DNA. |
| 1:46.0 | Scientists also found the same trait in mice. |
| 1:51.0 | When they fed mice high fat diet after weight loss, |
| 1:56.0 | those with the genetic memory in their fat cells gained back weight |
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