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Joseph Shavit

Lose weight by literally sweating out your fat

We’ve demonstrated that fat loss can be achieved by secreting calories from the skin in the form of energy-rich sebum.

Joseph Shavit

Breakthrough in using CRISPR-Cas9 to target fat cells

Fat is vital for life but too much can lead to health problems. CRISPR could help speed genetic discovery in the study of obesity.

Joseph Shavit

New pill activates fat-burning to reduce obesity and fat buildup

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease also reduces obesity.

Joshua Shavit

Strength training can burn fat too, myth-busting study finds

It’s basic exercise knowledge that to gain muscles, you strength train, and to lose fat, you do cardio – right? That's actually wrong!

Joseph Shavit

New faux meat is healthier, has more flavours and is eco-friendly

Researchers have proposed an extremely nutritious meat analogue using fermented okara (soy press cake).

Joseph Shavit

Are all saturated fats equally bad for the heart?

A study in more than 100,000 individuals has found a potential link between eating saturated fat from meat and developing heart disease

Joshua Shavit

Study provides new evidence that resistance training burns fat

Findings from a new study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique benefits for fat loss.

Joseph Shavit

Lose weight by literally sweating out your fat

A seemingly unremarkable observation — greasy hair — showed Penn researchers how the immune system could be targeted to reverse obesity