Saturday, November 5th, 2011
It has long been known that cancer cells use nutrients differently than normal cells. In recent years, the rapidly reemerging field of cancer metabolism has shed new light on the ways that cancers use glucose to grow and thrive, demonstrating that manipulation of an enzyme called PKM2 is important to ...
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
In cancer, genes turn on and off at the wrong times, proteins aren't folded properly, and cellular growth and proliferation get out of control. Even a cancer cell's metabolism goes haywire, as it loses the ability to appropriately sense nutrients and use them to generate energy. One particular piece of ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Women who ate a big breakfast lost 21 percent of their body weight after 8 months, a recent study shows. Not hungry? Try fruit or yogurt to amp your metabolism. Click for more of TODAY’s “Back to reality” do-it-yourself tips.
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have created a mathematical model - and an accompanying online weight simulation tool - of what happens when people of varying weights, diets and exercise habits try to change their weight. The findings challenge the commonly held belief that eating 3,500 fewer calories ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Nutrition during the first days or weeks of life may have long-term consequences on health, potentially via a phenomenon known as the metabolic programming effect, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 2, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. Metabolic programming is the concept ...
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