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NEWS ABOUT: metabolism

metabolism stories: 8 news summaries

Size Zero Mom Trounces Big Boys in Eating Competition

Juliet Lee swears she never practices

Oct 13, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Juliet Lee only eats one meal a day—but sometimes it’s a really big meal. The 44-year-old, who weights in at 100 pounds, is the 11th ranked competitive eater in the world, but she swears she never practices. The talent comes entirely from her one-meal-a-day habit. “It’... More »

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metabolism • cheating • competitive eating • eating contest • Juliet Lee

Sorry, Exercise Doesn't Boost Metabolism

Research busts myth that workouts keep burning fat hours later

May 26, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - You went for a half-hour run this afternoon, so it’s OK to have that extra slice of cake tonight, right? That’s actually wrong, say scientists, and they’re just as surprised about it as you. The now-debunked assumption was that exercise leaves the body with more power to... More »

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health • diet • exercise • calories • metabolism • scientific study

 Your Body Wants You to Stay Fat 

Keeping weight off made much tougher by brain, hormone cues to get it back

Jun 3, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Your body doesn't want you to lose weight, scientists say, and makes it tough to keep off pounds lost. Scientists tell the Los Angeles Times that brain and hormone cues increase post-diet as natural processes try to get that old figure back. And while research into the heavy issues is... More »

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obesity • fat • weight loss • diet • diet pills • exercise • metabolism

 What We Can Learn
 From Being Dog-Tired 

Sled dogs' metabolism may yield clues on fighting human fatigue

May 6, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan sled dogs racing for days on end don’t get tired out the way a human runner would, the New York Times reports, and researchers eager to imitate this fatigue resistance in people—particularly soldiers—say it’s because they’re somehow able to change their metabolism. “Suddenly... More »

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medical research • DARPA • metabolism • fatigue • sled dogs • Oklahoma State University • Texas A&M

 Health History Hidden in Urine 

Metabolites differ across national, ethnic boundaries, could offer insight into disease

Apr 21, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Urine does indeed hold metabolic clues, researchers have found, and could shed light on blood pressure and heart problems, the Times of London reports. "Metabolic profiling can tell us how specific aspects of a person’s diet and how much they drink are contributing to their risks for certain... More »

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China • Japan • United Kingdom • United States • public health • urine cultures • metabolism • metabolites

Feds OK Wyeth's New Antidepressant

Faced with generic threats to its popular Effexor XR, company banking on Pristiq

Feb 29, 08 7:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Antidepressant Effexor XR will soon lose patent protection, and maker Wyeth is hoping Pristiq, the successor drug approved today by the FDA, will soften the financial blow. Higher-ups at the company gush over Pristiq's advantages, including zero acclimation time and no liver interaction, and hope that sales will offset losses... More »

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stock market • FDA • antidepressant • Wyeth • metabolism • Effexor • patent expiration • Pristiq • metabolite

Lift Weights, Reap Hefty Benefits

Strength training provides health benefits
that aerobic workouts can't

Jan 21, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Pumping iron has long been known to improve strength and prevent injury, but evidence increasingly points to a wide range of other benefits, writes Judy Foreman in the Boston Globe. The findings—decreased heart disease and neck pain, improved metabolism and balance—are driving groups such as the American Heart... More »

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health • heart disease • public health • blood pressure • exercise • calories • American Heart Association • metabolism • weight lifting • strength training • aerobic workouts • pumping iron • neck pain

Diabetes Research Shows Role of Bones, Brain

New hormones and body systems make the disease even more complex

Oct 16, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times surveys what it calls an "explosion" of recent breakthroughs in diabetes research, painting a much more complex portrait of how the body balances sugar in the bloodstream, and offering radically different possibilities for treatment. One of the most surprising discoveries is that bones produce a... More »

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diabetes • osteocalcin • blood sugar • metabolism • incretins

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