Visualization for Weight Loss -The Gabriel Method

Part III: Physical Stresses that Activate the FAT Programs

5. For more on how sunlight increases melanocortin levels and the potential increase in the brain’s leptin sensitivity, see M. Matheny, N. Tumer, P. J. Scarpace, S. Zolotukhin, and Y. Zhang, “Leptin-Induced Leptin-Resistant Rats Exhibit Enhanced Response to the Melanocortin Agonist MT II,” Neuropharmacology 45, no. 2 (Elsevier, August 2003): 211–219; C. Kenny, C. Lee, C. Streamson, J. Elmquist, J. McMinn, N. Balthasar, R. Coppari, R. McGovern, S. Lui, and V. Tang, “Leptin Recep- tor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis,” Neuron 42, no. 6 (Elsevier, June 24, 2004): 963–991; D. Clegg, D. Drazen, and R. Seeley, “The Critical Role of the Melanocortin System in the Control of Energy Balance,” Annual Review of Nutrition 24 ( July 2004): 133–149; and the appendix for the relationship between leptin resistance and the FAT Programs.

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