October 14, 2024
In Aging Cell, researchers have described the chemical ways in which excessive visceral fat causes oxidative stress and cellular senescence. Visceral fat is metabolically active Metabolic syndrome, a host of intertwined disorders that include obesity and cholesterol imbalance, is known to have multiple harmful effects that lead to decreased lifespan. These include a propensity towards...
August 08, 2023
A longitudinal analysis of a large cohort suggests an association between artificial sweetener intake and several markers of adiposity, such as visceral fat [1]. Safely sweet? Artificial sweeteners were invented to provide a healthier alternative to sugar and other high-calorie sweeteners, especially in the wake of the obesity epidemic, which causes more than 300 thousand...
December 20, 2021
Researchers publishing in Cell Reports Medicine have discovered that a vaccine targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) alleviates dyslipidemia and improves outcomes in obese mice. What is dyslipidemia? Dyslipidemia is marked by having an excess of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a lack of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, or an excess of triglycerides. It is strongly linked...
October 14, 2020
Recent research published in the scientific journal Lab on a Chip sheds light on the behavior of adipocytes, the primary cells of our fat tissue.