Bücher von Yasmin Abdel Latif

Obesity  is a complex and multifactorial metabolic disease, which results from  the imbalance  between energy  expenditure and intake leading to increase gain in body weight and accumulation  of fats in the body. Various  feedback mechanisms regulate appetite, energy intake, and expenditure to maintain  energy homeostasis.  When these feedback  mechanisms are altered, energy balance  is disturbed and  body adiposity became unstable.

Plasma membranes are made up of a bilayer of phospholipids which are a group of lipids that are the utmost components of all cell membranes. Phospholipids have several impacts on human health and are being used worldwide. As an essential constituent of cell membranes they take part in cell signaling and are therefore requisite for the communication and interaction between body cells. Although some influences of phospholipids on health are debatable, overall dietary phospholipids are most likely to have a positive action on health.