A Biological Difference – Exercise Affects Boys and Girls Differently
A recent study finds that body fat percentage and amount of physical activity in girls are unrelated. Physical activity provides numerous health benefits. However, physical…
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Why Do Cancer Cells Need Fat?
A study explains why many cancer cells need the import of fat. The unexpected causes of cancer cells’ frequent reliance on fat imports are being…
Science Reveals That This Type of Diet Can Increase Your Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
According to a new study, substances that are said to boost athletic performance can also activate a receptor that speeds up the development of pancreatic…
You Probably Aren’t Eating As Healthy as You Think
A new study demonstrates that American adults frequently overestimate the quality of their diet Is your diet healthy? It seems to be an easy question,…
Just One Week of Dieting Could Stop Chronic Inflammation in Obese Patients
Scientists from Leipzig University identify new mechanisms for chronic inflammation and wound healing issues In routine clinical practice, it has been noted that obese individuals are…
A High-Fat Diet Increases the Risk of Developing Cancer
Beckman Institute researchers have discovered a connection between a high-fat diet and elevated nitric oxide levels, which may raise the risk of inflammation and cancer…
Immune Signal Promotes Production of Energy-Burning “Beige Fat” That Could Reduce Obesity
Cytokine increases production of “beige fat” to burn more cellular energy. An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning “beige fat,” according to a new…
Removing Belly Fat Before It Sticks to You: University Researchers Produce Fat-Busting Proteins
University of Cincinnati researchers produce fat-busting proteins in the laboratory. Triglycerides, those fats that seem to be the bane of any diet, remain a mystery…
Fat Metabolism Can Now Be Monitored Down to the Individual Liver Cell
Shipment tracking for ‘fat parcels’ in the body: Researchers at the University of Bonn show that highly sensitive method can ‘track’ lipid metabolism. Without fat,…
New Study Uncovers Why People Gain Weight As They Get Older [Video]
Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet has uncovered why that is: Lipid…
Why Older Adults Fail to Burn Stored Belly Fat
In a newly published study, biologists from Yale University described how nervous systems and immune systems talk to each other to control metabolism and inflammation….
Researchers Increase Energy-Burning Brown Fat Cells
A team of researchers has discovered a way to increase energy-burning human brown fat cells and to make them more active, a discovery that could…
GC-1 Turns White Fat Into Brown Fat
New research shows that the experimental drug GC-1 dramatically increases the metabolic rate, essentially converting white fat into a fat like calorie-burning brown fat. San…
Study Shows How Quickly New Fat Cells Are Created
New research from Yale University looks at the creation and expansion of white fat cells, and how these fat cells are created. Once fat cells…
Yale Researchers Identify Cells That Morph Into Body Fat
While working with mice, Yale researchers used a process known as differentiation to successfully identify cells with certain types of receptors that could eventually morph…
Understanding How Cells Package Fat
A newly published study suggests that fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways and may lead to ways to prevent cells from…
Endocannabinoids Could Reduce or Eliminate Obesity
New research published today in the journal Cell Metabolism indicates that endocannabinoids might enable organisms to stay thin without the need for exercise or diets….