Health
10 food 'shifts' to improve your diet
(HealthDay)—No matter how committed you are to eating healthier and/or losing weight, making drastic changes can be hard.
Jul 2, 2019
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News tagged with white fat
Health
Eating to reach health goals
(HealthDay)—What and when you eat certain foods can boost how you feel at different times during the day. When it comes to meal planning, timing is everything.
May 23, 2019
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Health
The easy way to cook fish: Wrap it in parchment paper
(HealthDay)—Fish is a delicious, lean protein with healthy fats, but many people are afraid to cook it and save it for when dining out.
Mar 25, 2019
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Diabetes
Cellular alterations increase vulnerability of obese and diabetic individuals to infection
People who suffer from obesity and type 2 diabetes are more likely to become victims of infectious diseases. Both conditions affect the immune system and hence increase the risk of infections. Scientists have long sought ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Medical research
Blocking hormone uptake burns more fat
A newly discovered regulatory mechanism helps the body control the rate of fat metabolism, according to a new study publishing on January 17 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ligong Chen of Tsinghua University in ...
Jan 17, 2019
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Medical research
Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
ETH Zurich scientists have shown that statins, one of the most commonly prescribed classes of pharmaceuticals, reduce beneficial brown adipose tissue. But this is no reason to demonise these drugs, the researchers insist.
Dec 21, 2018
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Medical research
Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat 'brown' could help fight obesity
Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a way of making ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Genetics
Obesity study reports the heritability of adipose tissue composition
A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld, Elena Schmidt and Martin Bilban has made a groundbreaking discovery in obesity research.
Sep 7, 2018
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Medical research
How brown adipose tissue reacts to a carbohydrate-rich meal
Brown fat consumes energy, which is the reason that it could be important for preventing obesity and diabetes. Working together with an international team, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Medical research
Innovative technique converts white fat to brown fat
Brown fat tissue in the body can burn enormous amounts of energy to generate heat, and studies in humans and animals have suggested that increasing the amount of healthy brown fat might help weight management and reduce symptoms ...
Aug 1, 2018
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