Re: Medical name for liver dump?

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.. Baker wrote:

I wonder if the enormous efort to shrink the number of smokers has contributed to the obesity epidemic. I recall that I gained quite a bit of weight when I quit smoking some 37 years ago. It is a common occurrance. I don't have any yen to smoke adn I eat well fordiabetic numbers, but I can't seem to get the weight down after the big drop of about 65 pounds 23 years ago.


I doubt it, since smoking raises cortisol, which causes obesity and higher glucose. For that reason, smoking should increase insulin resistance and contribute to obesity, unless it's replacing food.

Susan
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