We’ve learned a lot about the bacteria and other microbes that reside in the human gut, and the more we find out, the more we understand how important they are to our health. Experts have only begun to catalog the many species that call our bodies home, and they’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to identifying which strains are beneficial and which cause disease. Recently, studies have...
All fats are not created equal. Even in the human body, different types of fats work in different ways. Researchers have understood the role of -brown fat- in energy metabolism for some time, but they’ve hit a few hurdles trying to figure out how to use the information to our benefit. A new breakthrough could change that, allowing more people to use brown fat to trigger weight loss and -improve metabolic...