Category: Health

Researchers have discovered differences in fat cells that could potentially identify people predisposed to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and fatty liver disease. The world-first discovery also identified ‘fast burning’ fat cells that if unlocked might help people lose weight. About 70 per cent of Australians are overweight or obese, which has been linked to metabolic disease risk. The University of Melbourne, Australia, research found that an individual’s level of risk might depend upon the type of fat they store. Published in Cell Reports, the study took samples from human volunteers…

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James Cook University scientists in Australia say they have the solution for a problem gym-goers have when they combine endurance and weight training. JCU’s Dr Kenji Doma led the review paper. He said his own work and those of other scientists had previously discovered that resistance training, such as weight lifting, may harm performance in endurance training, such as running, when the two are combined on the same or separate days. The practice of combining the two is commonly referred to as ‘concurrent training’. “Based on previous evidence, we suspect…

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