Diabetics who skip breakfast provoke hazardous blood sugar spikes
More and more Americans on-the-go are skipping the "most important meal of the day," not eating until lunch. This tendency to miss breakfast has already been linked to the growing epidemic of obesity...
View ArticleHow gut health in obese patients can influence disease progression
Patients suffering from obesity-related diseases often experience an inflammation of the small intestine which can worsen their condition. A study published recently in the journal Cell Metabolism,...
View ArticleDo hearts fail because they're hooked on blood sugar?
Could your heart get hooked on blood sugar? Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine think so, and they will determine if blocking that addiction could prevent enlargement of the...
View ArticleHigh-fat diet may cause changes in the brain that lead to anxiety and depression
A new study in mice reveals that increased body weight and high blood sugar as a result of consuming a high-fat diet may cause anxiety and depressive symptoms and measurable changes in the brain.
View ArticleObese children's health rapidly improves with sugar reduction unrelated to...
Reducing consumption of added sugar, even without reducing calories or losing weight, has the power to reverse a cluster of chronic metabolic diseases, including high cholesterol and blood pressure, in...
View ArticleGut bacteria could be blamed for obesity and diabetes
An excess of bacteria in the gut can change the way the liver processes fat and could lead to the development of metabolic syndrome, according to health researchers.
View ArticleEven a little is too much: One junk food snack triggers signals of metabolic...
We hate to ruin Thanksgiving, but a new report appearing in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that for some people, overindulgence at the dinner table or at snack time is enough to...
View ArticleParents, take heed: your kids copy your heart health habits
(HealthDay)—If you eat poorly and exercise rarely, it's highly likely that your kids will adopt at least some of these bad habits, endangering their hearts.
View ArticleMindful eating, meditation may lead to better metabolic health
A diet and exercise program that included mindfulness training resulted in participants having lower metabolic risk factors compared to those who underwent the same program without the training,...
View ArticleFat tissue in energy saving mode
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne have discovered brain cells that not only tell hungry mice to search for food, but also to limit blood sugar use by the brown...
View ArticleThe not-so-sweet truth about sugars
Whether all sweeteners produce the same metabolic effects in consumers is a controversial topic. A study conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) investigators indicates that consuming lower...
View ArticleHow fasting helps fight fatty liver disease
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have new information on what happens at the molecular level when we go hungry. Working with the Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (German Center for...
View ArticleBright light alters metabolism
Exposure to bright light could affect your metabolism, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
View ArticleEating healthy fats in place of carbs or saturated fats improves risk factors...
Eating more unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, in place of either dietary carbohydrate or saturated fats lowers blood sugar levels and improves insulin resistance and secretion,...
View ArticleResistance to antidepressants linked to metabolism
Often, clinical depression has company; it shows up in the brain alongside metabolic abnormalities, such as elevated blood sugar, in the body. While studying an experimental antidepressant in rats,...
View ArticleHeart disease, stroke risk factors may increase in severity before menopause
The severity of key risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke appears to increase more rapidly in the years leading up to menopause, rather than after, according to new research in Journal of...
View ArticleDiscovery of a brain sugar switch
Researchers at Technical University of Munich discovered that our brain actively takes sugar from the blood. Prior to this, researchers around the world had assumed that this was a purely passive...
View ArticleMarriage may help diabetics keep weight off
(HealthDay)—Spouses may be good for more than just love and companionship: A new study suggests married people with type 2 diabetes are less likely to be overweight than single people with the blood...
View ArticleFat cells that amplify nerve signals in response to cold also affect blood...
When exposed to cold, clusters of cells within the body's white fat become beige – a color change that reflects the creation of more energy-producing mitochondria, cellular components that enable cells...
View ArticleDiabetes opens floodgates to fructose
Fructose, once seen as diabetics' alternative to glucose, is fast-tracked to the liver in diabetic mice and contributes to metabolic diseases, according to new research from Harvard University.
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