tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670281114137871769.post1988065651120706947..comments2023-09-09T03:16:49.005-07:00Comments on The Business Brain: Women’s Secret WeaponSusan Pinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14015994495335734387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670281114137871769.post-45292070829614309662009-05-28T07:38:01.090-07:002009-05-28T07:38:01.090-07:00Hi Gina,
I can't pronounce on a direct link but I...Hi Gina,<br /><br />I can't pronounce on a direct link but I can speculate that there is one based on the fact that women who were able to keep a few extra pounds on them were more likely to have offspring who survived. So there was an evolutionary advantage to a little extra female padding; it provided emergency rations to both mother and babe during lean times on the savannah.Now, we're more likely to face the dairy case at Loblaws than drought in the west, but we're still left with this biological propensity to store away the calories. We do know that women who lose too much weight due to excessive exercise, dieting or illness can have trouble conceiving; it's as if nature wants us to pack on a few extra pounds... just in case the calories are needed in a pinch. And estrogen may be one of the mechanisms that affects our appetites and whether what we eat gets stored as fat or spent.Susan Pinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015994495335734387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670281114137871769.post-11468226124061608372009-05-27T11:53:01.440-07:002009-05-27T11:53:01.440-07:00Hi Susan, is it estrogen that makes it difficult f...Hi Susan, is it estrogen that makes it difficult for women to lose weight?gina Malletnoreply@blogger.com