There are seven rules to rebalance leptin and grhelin. These are the keys to fighting the toxicity of obesity and obtaining permanent weight control. Each of these rules stems from an understanding of how the leptin and ghrelin systems function normally and how the system is disrupted in obesity. For more details on each of the rules follow the links to each page.

Rule #1 - Eat Three Meals a Day

Rule #2 - Restricting and Evenly Spacing Calories Throughout the Day

Rule #3 - Pay attention to Hunger

Rule #4 - Sleep 8 hours a night

Rule #5 - Exercise is Bonus Time

Rule #6 - Get Treatment for Stress, Depression, Pain and Substance Abuse

Rule #7 - Never Stop

Obesity is a treatable disease, so do not give up hope. The treatment however rests in your hands, not in your doctor’s prescription pad. Whether you feel your weight is a problem for you or not, it is a problem for your body, and ignoring that will have consequences. Treating the consequences of being overweight, without treating the underlying cause, is putting a Band-Aid on a wound that will not heal. The lack of understanding of the mechanisms that give rise to obesity had led to failed advice after failed advice. The result has been a passive acceptance of obesity as a normal condition. Doing so has condemned 70% of Americans to a lessened life, a life with less comfort, a life with less joy, a life with less satisfaction, a ultimately a life with less life. The most tragic effect of this epidemic however, is that we are teaching our children this passivity to obesity. The time has come to draw a line in the sand. Scientists around the world have worked countless hours and unlocked the secrets to understanding obesity. They have given us the sword to draw that line in the sand, it is now up to us to pick up the sword and make a stand. Life is a gift our parents gave to us, we can not waste it, and we can not deprive our children of the same gift. Reversal of obesity, and childhood obesity especially, should be the number one goal of health professionals, parents and the government. If not, we will pay for this lack of foresight for decades to come. As the Rabbi Hillel said, ‘If not now, when, and if not me, then who?” It is time to reach for homeostasis, to balance our hunger hormones. It is time to begin.