1. Brown Seaweed (Fucoxathin)

Brown Seaweed contains a chemical compound called Fucoxathin that shows promise to be effective in assisting people to burn fat. Animal studies In animal studies of Fucoxathin, it has been shown to effectively ...

2. Thermal Effect of Foods

Foods that Burn Fat There are a lot of misconceptions in the public when it comes to food and diet. People consistently look for ways to burn fat quickly, trying to find ways to lose weight with as little ...

3. Is one diet as good as another? U of I study says no and tells you why

Any diet will do? Not if you want to lose fat instead of muscle. Not if you want to lower your triglyceride levels so you'll be less likely to develop diabetes and heart disease. Not if you want to avoid ...

4. See salad, eat fries: When healthy menus backfire

DURHAM, N.C. –- Just seeing a salad on the menu seems to push some consumers to make a less healthy meal choice, according a Duke University researcher. It's an effect called "vicarious goal ...

5. Drinking 100 percent fruit juice is associated with lower risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome

... favorable dietary intake patterns (including: lower fat intakes, higher fiber intakes, lower added sugar intakes). After taking these lifestyle factors into account, the inverse relationship between 100% ...

6. Too much sugar is bad, but which sugar is worse: Fructose or glucose?

... fats, creating medical conditions that increase susceptibility to heart attack and stroke. In the study, overweight and obese individuals consumed glucose- or fructose-sweetened beverages that provided ...

7. Dietary fat intake affects hidden stomach flab

You literally are what you eat, at least when it comes to the amount of abdominal visceral fat, Johns Hopkins researchers say. Studying the food diaries of a group of middle-age adults, they found that ...

8. Could eating blueberries help get rid of belly fat?

... a powder) that were mixed into the rat diet, as part of either a low- or high-fat diet. They performed many comparisons between the rats consuming the test diets and the control rats receiving no blueberry ...

9. Low glycemic breakfast may increase benefits of working out

... fasting (such as before breakfast) may increase the amount of fat burned. Similarly, consumption of a meal eliciting a low blood glucose response prior to exercise may also boost the use of body fat (instead ...

10. Irregular exercise pattern may add pounds

...  “We are getting fat because we don’t exercise sufficiently and consistently. The real solution to the obesity epidemic is getting people to exercise before they think they need it, and to ...

11. Scientists discover key to manipulating fat

... add and remove fat in targeted areas on the bodies of laboratory animals. They say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic and reconstructive plastic ...

12. Scientists find high-fat diet disrupts body clock

... critical for good health. Animals on a high-fat diet gained weight and suddenly exhibited a disruption in their circadian clocks, eating extra calories during the time they should have been asleep or at ...

13. How nutrition affects the breakdown of fats

Scientists have shown that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high fat meal, their fats are broken down and oxidized in skeletal muscle, making them healthier. These results ...

14. Alternate-day fasting: How good is it for your health?

Researchers report that fasting or eating half as much as usual every other day may shrink your fat cells and boost mechanisms that break down fats. Consuming less calories and increasing physical activity ...

15. Study identifies genetics of fat metabolism, red wine link

A new study has found that a gene called SIRT1 can reduce the development of new fat cells and increase the metabolism or use of fat within existing fat cells. SIRT1 is the topic of considerable recent ...

16. Fat's fate depends on its source

A healthy metabolism requires a healthy dose of fat, suggests a new study published in the May issue of Cell Metabolism. Fats taken in directly from the diet or generated from sugars spark a cascade of ...

17. Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism

Hormone found in liver helps to induce ketosis, the unique metabolic state brought about by low-carbohydrate diets BOSTON -- Over the past several years, animal studies have shown that high-fat, low-carbohydrate ...

18. Muscle Mouse Burns His Fat

... as weightlifting increases type II muscle fibers. Using a mouse genetic model, BUSM researchers demonstrated that an increase in type II muscle mass can reduce body fat which in turn reduces overall body ...

19. Feeling Full is Not So Easy

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found new clues to why some people overeat and gain weight while others don't. Examining how the human brain responds ...

20. High Protein, Low Carbohydrate Diet Proposed to Be Most Effective

Scientists at Aberdeen’s Rowett Research Institute have shown that a high protein, low carbohydrate diet is most effective at reducing hunger and promoting weight loss, at least in the short term. ...