metabolic diseases
Scientists Discover Sleep Switch That Builds Muscle, Burns Fat and Boosts Brainpower
Deep sleep does more than help you feel rested. It actively rebuilds your body, strengthening muscles, supporting bone growth, and helping burn fat. For teenagers, it is also essential for reaching full height potential. At the center of all this is growth hormone, which surges during sleep. But scientists have long puzzled over why poor ...
Study Unveils a Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing
The maintenance of a balanced lipid homeostasis is critical for our health. While consumption of excessive amounts of fatty foods contributes to metabolic diseases such as obesity and atherosclerosis, fat is an indispensable component of our diet. Digested lipids supply the body with essential building blocks and facilitate the absorption of important vitamins. In a ...
Exercise During Pregnancy May Save Kids From Health Problems As Adults
Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab mice has found that maternal exercise during pregnancy prevented the transmission of metabolic diseases from an obese parent—either mother or father—to child. If the finding holds true ...
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