A drug discovery method was used to identify naturally occurring metabolite that converts ‘bad’ fat to ‘good’ fat. This discovery offers a potential way of addressing metabolic conditions like obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the USA have revealed that timing plays a crucial role when we eat as it has the ability to impact a person’s hunger levels, energy outflow, and is also responsible for molecular changes in fat tissue.

Consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing little or no whole foods in their ingredients contributed to 57,000 premature deaths in Brazil in 2019, investigators report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine as well as other institutions have identified a molecule in the blood which is produced during exercise and helps to reduce food intake and obesity.

There’s the old saying in dieting that one must “breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper,” if you want to loose weight. But according to a new study, whether a person eats their largest meal early or late in the day does not affect the way their body metabolizes calories.

Researchers found that men who consumed high rates of ultra-processed foods were at higher risk for developing colorectal cancer than those who did not. They did not find the same association in women.

When the body is subjected to a high-calorie diet, the physiological response is not homogeneous and some organs or tissues are more sensitive to metabolic stress. Under these conditions, the white adipose tissue of the visceral cavity is the most vulnerable organ to obesity-related metabolic changes, according to a new study.

A group of researchers has developed an entirely novel approach to treating eating disorders. The scientists showed that a group of nerve cells in the hypothalamus control the release of endogenous lysophospholipids, which in turn control the excitability of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex, which stimulates food intake.

The consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) — a product with widely known benefits for our health — increases the level of phenolic compounds in breast milk and can cross the placental barrier, reaching the descendant.

Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a blood test to predict the risk of liver cancer in patients that have the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The protein levels in the blood samples of these patients determine if they can develop the deadly disease.