Obesenogens, huh?
STOP! BEFORE YOU READ FURTHER!
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO GO ALL CRAZY SURVIVOR STYLE ON ME AND START SENDING HATE MAIL ABOUT HOW ALL I WANT YOU TO EAT IS GRUBS AND GRASS. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I DO NOT SUPPORT A 100% ORGANIC DIET NOR DO I LIVE OFF SQUIRRELS AND BARK. I SUPPORT A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE AND GOOD EATING HABITS. I ENCOURAGE MY MEMBERS TO CHEAT 10% OF THE TIME. BELOW IS A LIST OF THINGS I LOVE THAT ARE SURELY NOT ORGANIC AND THAT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
1. PEANUT BUTTER
2. TRISCUITS
3. WHEAT THINS
4. ALCOHOL (I DON’T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE SO I HAVE TO SELF MEDICATE SOME HOW)
5. GIGANTIC ASIAN PEARS (NOTHING THAT BIG IS NATURE MADE)
6. HIGH FIBER BREADS (HELLLOOOOOOO FORTIFED WITH FIBER)
7. SELTZER WATER
8. MUSTARD
9. SOY SAUCE
10. PROTEIN BARS
I believe you got the picture.
An obesogen is a chemical compound, foreign to the body, that can disrupt normal development or homeostasis (usually concerning metabolism and use of lipids, or fat) inducing obesity.[1]
These chemicals can effect things such as the distribution of fat in a person to sexual characteristics through disrupting the nuclear receptor signaling pathways which regulate the genetic expression of the proteins of these biological functions. For example, if an obesogen affects where fat deposits are located, it could do so by disrupting the genetic expression (by increasing or decreasing the propensity of a cell to produce certain proteins) of the biochemicals which regulate where fat is deposited. If this happened and there was more fat in the blood vessels of the heart, a heart attack could be more likely.
The term was coined by Bruce Blumberg of the University of California, Irvine.[2]
The topic of obesogens and how to counteract their effects is explored at length in the book The New American Diet.
