Arms too flabby, legs too thick, rolls on the hips or belly—almost everyone has a "problem area." It's no surprise that ...

New research reveals how triple-negative breast tumors use fatty tissue to fuel growth, highlighting the role of gap junctions in tumorigenesis.

There are so many ways to marinate, but your recipe should always include fat, acid, salt and something sweet. You can then zhuzh it up with herbs (dried or fresh), chiles, garlic and citrus peels.

Trans fats are an unhealthy type of fat found in some processed foods, like chips, margarine, and cookies, that can increase bad cholesterol levels and your risk of heart disease. 1 Most come from ...

First, energy levels drop, then the body breaks down fat and muscle. Eventually, the body’s organs begin to fail. Two nutritionists explain the science of starvation.

Samin Nosrat became a household name when her best-selling 2017 cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, was adapted into a Netflix docuseries in 2018. But deep down ...

News about National Institutes of Health, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Amino Acid Switch Transforms Fat into Calorie Furnace Pennington Biomedical Research Center Consuming fewer calories is largely accepted as a way to improve health and lose weight, but a recently ...

Cutting calories doesn’t just slim you down—it also reduces cysteine, an amino acid that flips fat cells from storage mode to fat-burning mode. Researchers found that lowering cysteine sparks ...

In a collaborative effort, researchers have uncovered a novel link between gut microbiota-derived palmitic acid (PA) and increased thrombosis risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD).

When glycogen runs out, the second stage begins. The body shifts to gluconeogenesis, producing glucose from non-carbohydrate sources like amino acids (from muscle), glycerol (from fat), and lactate.