obesity

5 supplements you should avoid if you have metabolic syndrome

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Rachel Carter

Supplements can be a great way to get important nutrients into your diet — but they aren’t for everyone.  Those with metabolic ...

Brain Chemistry Sheds Light on Overeating and Memory

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Rachel Carter

Summary: Fruit flies use the neurotransmitter octopamine to decide whether food memories are stored long-term or short-term. This process, influenced by energy ...

How intermittent fasting, protein pacing can lead to weight loss

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Rachel Carter

Start the clock! Practicing protein pacing — evenly spacing protein consumption throughout the day — and intermittent fasting — limiting eating to ...

Ozempic and Wegovy Might Be Supercharging Your Taste Buds

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Rachel Carter

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, can also tweak people’s taste buds for the better, ...

Ozempic tongue? How the drug can change some women’s ability to taste

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Rachel Carter

There’s Ozempic finger, Ozempic breasts, Ozempic face, Ozempic butt … and now, Ozempic tongue? Semaglutide — a popular weekly injection used for diabetes and weight ...

Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it

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Rachel Carter

As weight-loss plans go, it’s easy to see the allure of intermittent fasting: Eat what you want, but only during certain windows ...

Ozempic Drug Semaglutide Could Protect Kidneys, Study Finds

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Rachel Carter

Topline Novo Nordisk’s weight loss injection semaglutide — the ingredient inside its wildly popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — could also help ...

Groundbreaking New Weight Loss Drug Is More Effective Than Current Treatments

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Rachel Carter

By University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences May 19, 2024 Associate Professor Christoffer Clemmensen from the University ...

New Study Uncovers Surprising Benefits of the Protein Kallistatin

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Rachel Carter

Researchers have discovered that after weight loss, individuals with overweight and obesity show increased levels of Kallistatin in their subcutaneous white adipose ...

GLP-1 and NMDA Targeted Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise

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Rachel Carter

Summary: Researchers have developed a novel weight-loss drug that combines GLP-1 with molecules targeting NMDA receptors in the brain. This “Trojan Horse” ...