High altitudes can affect your body in surprising ways, study finds
Study explains the metabolic differences of people who live at high altitude, and could also lead to new treatments for metabolic disease.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jan 10
Eating almonds daily boosts exercise recovery by 69%
For men and women who exercise regularly, eating almonds each day generated a beneficial effect on metabolic health and energy regulation.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 6
Groundbreaking diabetes discovery brings the world closer to life without insulin
People with a severe form of diabetes, where the beta cells of the pancreas do not produce or no longer produce enough insulin
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Scientists reverse the onset of diabetes using ultrasound
Researchers demonstrated the ability to prevent or reverse the onset of diabetes in studies of three different preclinical model systems
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 1
Groundbreaking study identifies muscle that burns fat and increases metabolism while sitting
The soleus muscle, though only 1% of your body weight, can do big things to improve the metabolic health in the rest of your body.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 8, 2022
Consistent exercise positively affects your body right down to its molecules and genes
Consistent exercise can change not just waistlines but the very molecules in the human body that influence how genes behave.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 1, 2022
Groundbreaking muscle discovery burns fat and increases metabolism while sitting
The soleus, one of 600 muscles in the human body, is a posterior leg muscle that runs from just below the knee to the heel.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 20, 2022
Researchers redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes
Scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 20, 2022
Honey is good for your cardiometabolic health, study finds
Honey improves key measures of cardiometabolic health, including blood sugar and cholesterol levels — especially if the honey is raw.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 16, 2022
Innovative hormone treatment significantly reduces the risk of metabolic diseases
The study provides evidence that this adipose tissue-brain-liver axis is opening up new approaches for treating metabolic diseases.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 11, 2022
Sugar substitutes found to affect the human body in surprising ways
Sugar substitutes or artificial sweeteners – are supposed to deliver all the sweetness of sugar without all the calories.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 6, 2022
Scientists found a completely natural way to stop your body from aging
Our results from different statistical approaches reveal that epigenetic aging essentially stalls during hibernation.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 31, 2022
Muscle discovery burns fat and increases metabolism for hours while sitting
The soleus muscle in the calf, though only 1% of your body weight, can do big things to improve the metabolic health in the body.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 21, 2022
Drug discovery naturally converts ‘bad’ fat to ‘good’ fat
“Metabolism” describes the body’s chemical changes that create the necessary materials for growth and overall health.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 18, 2022
Rheumatoid arthritis drug found to treat diabetes
Researchers discovered that the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin can potentially be repurposed to improve diabetes-associated symptoms.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 16, 2022
Hormone protects against development of fatty liver
The study provides evidence that adipose tissue-brain-liver axis exists in humans and opens up approaches for treating metabolic disease.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 14, 2022
Research discovery redefines obesity and epigenetics
Scientists has identified two types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 11, 2022
‘Night owls’ have greater risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease than 'Early Birds'
New research found wake/sleep cycles cause metabolic differences and alter our body’s preference for energy sources.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 8, 2022
Sugar substitutes found to affect the human body in unanticipated ways
Non-nutritive sweeteners or artificial sweeteners – are supposed to deliver all the sweetness of sugar without the calories.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 30, 2022
Groundbreaking muscle discovery burns fat and increases metabolism for hours while sitting
From the same mind whose research propelled the notion that “sitting too much is not the same as exercising too little.
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