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Using a special neutron imaging technique, scientists found no evidence of denser water near Nafion surfaces, which contradicts the idea that EZ water is much denser than regular water.
Scientists have seen multiple times that tiny plastic beads move away from certain water-friendly surfaces in water, and this is a real physical effect that needs to be explained.
A quick, painless heart rate test might help doctors check for fatty liver disease risk
People who don't already have liver problems but have lower heart rate variability are more likely to develop fatty liver disease later
How much your heart rate changes might be connected to other health issues like fatty liver disease
This connection between heart rate variability and fatty liver disease was found in a study with many participants followed over time
A quick heart rate test might help doctors spot people who are more likely to get fatty liver disease
Fatty liver disease is more common in people whose hearts don't change rate as much
How much your heart rate changes might be connected to how your body's automatic systems work, which could relate to fatty liver disease
People whose hearts don't change rate as much are more likely to develop fatty liver disease than people whose hearts change rate more
A very quick heart rate measurement might help doctors identify people who are more likely to develop fatty liver disease in the future
People with lower heart rate variability (a measure of how much heart rate changes) from very short heart recordings are more likely to develop fatty liver disease later on
When overweight or obese people eat a small amount of mango or a cookie with the same calories, there's no difference in the levels of leptin, ghrelin, or PYY hormones after 45 minutes.
Both a small amount of mango and a cookie with the same calories make a hormone called CCK go up after 45 minutes, and they do this to about the same degree.
When overweight or obese people eat a small amount of mango, a hormone called adiponectin goes up after 45 minutes, but eating a cookie with the same calories doesn't have this effect.
When overweight or obese people eat a small amount of mango instead of a cookie with the same calories, their insulin levels don't rise as much after 45 minutes.
When overweight or obese people eat a small amount of mango instead of a cookie with the same calories, their blood sugar doesn't go up as much after 45 minutes.
When mice eat a very low-carb diet, their fat tissue mitochondria use more of a specific healthy fat (C18:2) and less of another (C22:6)
When only fat cells lack TXNIP, they show the same mitochondrial problems as when the whole body lacks TXNIP
When fat cells get too much glucose, they make more short-chain fats and less of a specific healthy fat called linoleic acid
Mice that can't control glucose uptake have less of the protein that makes heat in their fat tissue, even though the gene for it turns on normally when cold
The heart of mice with excess glucose uptake has less of a specific healthy fat in its mitochondria
When fat cells make too many saturated fats from glucose, these fats travel through the blood to other organs like the heart
When fat cells get too much glucose, their mitochondria become stiffer because the fats in their membranes change