metabolism

The 1994 discovery of the hormone Leptin has led to exponential incremental scientific discoveries and now its role (in obesity in particular) is becoming more widely known. https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/26554-jeffrey-m-friedman-to-receive-2020-breakthrough-prize-in-life-sciences/ "Jeffrey...

I saw a cool presentation the other day, which started with a seemingly simple question, but posed to many random people, it turns few have an idea - and many have wrong hunches. So I decided to test this forum: When you lose 10 pounds of body fat, where do they go? (This is talking about the...

From "Time" magazine: I don't see how it's even possible either. Burning 700 calories less a day means adding a pound a week. This wasn't particularly healthy weight loss as it encourages crash dieting and muscle mass may be loss. The person also doesn't have to lug that weight around but this...

So let's say someone is a casual runner and they want to run longer distances or train for a marathon. With training, does their body start to adapt to burning fat better to help them fuel their long runs? And if so, how does this happen at the biochemical level? Please note, I am not interested...

I was speaking to a friend of mine about photovoltaic cell chemistry, and to be honest the majority of it went way over my head, but the issue of efficiency came up. As I was able to comprehend it, the issue is that once the electrons get bumped around by the incoming photons, the resultant...

I don't take cocaine. There are several reasons for this: firstly I find the "cocaine culture" boring and wasteful and so on. Secondly, I don't really spend time with cokey people, as they tend not to be very much fun. Thirdly, I can't afford it anyway, and even if I could, there'd be better...

Article ETA: This is a priceless remark from the comment section below the article. Ignore the science, trust your bible! Surely these obese scientists are just lazy!