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Individuals with obesity are more likely to have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a benign blood condition that often precedes multiple myeloma, according to new research published in Blood Advances. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer of the plasma cells, a type of white blood cells that produce antibodies to fight infection. MGUS, characterized …
The No White Food Diet or No White Diet is an eating pattern that is based upon the idea that eliminating all processed, white-colored foods from the daily diet can help promote weight loss and improve blood sugar control. The tops to avoid in this pattern are white flour, white rice, white salt, white sugar, …
We could all live forever if only someone could find the fountain of youth, but we must continue to age until that day. While you can’t halt the inevitable aging process, you may take preventative measures to minimize its effects on your appearance, such as avoiding sun exposure and keeping your weight down. In reality, …
A report published in Science Translational Medicine describes a potential therapy for obesity involving transplantation of human brown-like fat cells and human white fat cells that have been genetically modified using CRISPR technology to become similar to heat-generating brown fat cells. A group of scientists from Joslin Diabetes Center have delivered a proof of concept …
The No White Food Diet is an eating pattern that is based upon the notion that eliminating all processed white coloured foods from the daily diet can help to promote weight loss and improved blood sugar control. The tops to avoid in this pattern are white flour, white rice, white salt, white sugar, and white …
Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have been able to prevent mice from becoming obese even when on a high fat diet after disabling a gene in specific cells, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The activity of immune cell macrophages’ ASXL2 gene was blocked because they are key …
Human fats cells have been found to have their own internal clocks and circadian rhythms which impact key metabolic functions and core aspects of cellular biochemistry by scientists from the University of Surrey who suggest their findings may provide new insights that may have clinical implications, as published in Scientific Reports. Aspects of metabolism vary …
A protein released by fat tissues in response to exercise training acts to improve glucose tolerance and has other beneficial effects on metabolic health, as published in Nature Metabolism. Levels of transforming growth factor-beta 2 were observed to have increased in subcutaneous white adipose tissue and in the bloodstream during exercise; treatment using the adipokine …
Scientists have been working on ways to turn unhealthy beige fat into energy burning brown fat to fight obesity. Yale University scientists claim to have found a target for preventing fat uptake at point of entry and a class of glaucoma drugs may help to accomplish the goal, as published in Science. Dietary fats carry …
Inflammation can’t really be seen or felt, yet it may be hurting every part of your body; it’s the invisible health condition behind just about everything from heart disease to erectile dysfunction. A quick list of the usual causes will appear if one were to scan the obituaries stating cause such as stroke, cancer, heart …