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“Claflin, Kristin E., et al. "Pharmacological FGF21 signals to glutamatergic neurons to enhance leptin action and lower body weight during obesity."Molecular metabolism 64 (2022): 101564. Morville, Thomas et al.”

“G-protein coupled receptors (GPR), a family of proteins that sense the presence of fatty acids. Interestingly, stimulation of specific GPRs induces pancreatic insulin release in response to glucose. Blocking the activity of these GPRs contributes to obesity in humans and mice.”

“However, these risks often disappear when accounting for other lifestyle factors such as obesity, smoking, heavy drinking, or sedentary behavior. Among healthy individuals, high-protein diets do not show the same associations with mortality, suggesting that lifestyle context is crucial.”

“Over 15% of the human encoding genome is regulated by the sleep-wake cycle! Everything from metabolism, the immune system, and brain function depend on sleep. You don't want to miss this video interview, loaded with extra, helpful annotations.”

“Some scientists have suggested that consuming high-glycemic carbohydrates increases insulin levels, ultimately driving a vicious cycle of body fat accumulation, hunger, and food intake, commonly referred to as the "carbohydrate-insulin" model of obesity.”

“From the article: > “The finding that hunger is suppressed during and immediately after vigorous treadmill running is consistent with previous studies indicating that strenuous aerobic exercise transiently suppresses appetite,” Stensel said. “The findings suggest a similar, although slightly attenuated response, for weight lifting exercise.” View full publication.”

“The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, has infected over 255 million individuals worldwide. Obesity and related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension are strong independent risk factors for infection, severe disease, and death.”

“Similarly, hepatic inflammation, fibrosis, and apoptosis were also decreased during ascorbic acid-induced inhibition of visceral obesity. In addition, serum levels of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol were lower in HFD-AA-fed mice than in those of HFD-fed mice.”

“Sleepless nights don't just leave you tired—they may also interfere with your body's ability to regulate hunger. Researchers have long known that poor sleep increases the risk of obesity, but the biological link has remained elusive.”

“New findings show that taking vitamin C supplements daily instead can have similar cardiovascular benefits as regular exercise in these adults. [...] The researchers found that daily supplementation of vitamin C (500 mg/day, time-released) reduced ET-1-related vessel constriction as much as walking for exercise did.”