The removal of old and dysfunctional cells in human fat also relieves the signs of diabetes, UConn Health researchers reported. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Senescent cells The cells in your body are constantly being renewed, and older cells age and die as…
Ketone supplementation has a potential as a novel therapeutic strategy to protect and enhance brain health in people with obesity, according to a new research entitled “Short-term ketone monoester supplementation has shown to improve brain blood flow and cognition in obese people: a randomized crossover trial,” published in The Journal of Physiology. The research…
It is well known that obesity affects the body’s insulin production and, over time, it may lead to type 2 diabetes and several other metabolic diseases. Now, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have found a more detailed explanation for why fat cells cause metabolic morbidity. The study, published in Nature Medicine, may have…
Increased use of salt substitutes reduces the risk of new cardiovascular events in people with a history of stroke and people over 60 years of age. There are two types of stroke: ischemic (caused by a clot) and hemorrhagic (caused by a hemorrhage), and the main risk factors of stroke include hypertension, coronary artery disease,…
The gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight in humans, according to new research. The findings were published this week in mSystems, an open access journal of the American Society of Microbiology. “Your gut microbiome can promote or cause resistance to weight loss and this opens the possibility of trying to alter the…
One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomics is a branch of dietary medicine that investigates how the combination of what we eat…
‘We want to understand if we can reset the immune system so it’s more robust’ One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. …
‘We want to understand if we can reset the immune system so it’s more robust’ One of the patterns that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis was poorer outcomes for overweight or obese patients. This may have come as a surprise to some, but not to dietitian Prof Helen Roche, an expert in nutrigenomics. …
Eating fructose seems to alter the cells of the digestive tract in a way that makes it absorb more nutrients, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers. These changes could help explain the well-known link between higher fructose consumption worldwide and increased rates of obesity and certain cancers. The…
For older adults who are obese, it may seem overwhelming to think about calorie control to lose weight and improve health markers, but a new study in the journal Circulation offers good news: It doesn’t take much to make a difference. The research A group of researchers looked at 160 sedentary adults aged…
An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning “beige fat,” according to a new study published on august 5th, in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China), Zhonghan Yang and colleagues. The finding may lead to new ways to reduce obesity and treat metabolic disorders. The beige fat The…
UT Southwestern researchers announced successful results of a clinical trial for a commonly prescribed weight loss drug called liraglutide. In overweight or obese adults who also had a high cardiovascular risk, liraglutide once a day, combined with lifestyle interventions significantly reduced two types of fat that have been associated with heart health risk: visceral fat…