Fitness
What Is Metabolic Profiling, and Can It Help You?
Is a malfunctioning metabolism really why you can’t lose weight and keep it off?
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Fitness
Is A2 Milk Really Better for You?
This pricey designer milk comes with some big claims. Let’s explore the science behind the hype
Fitness
Can Psychiatry Heal Itself?
A Harvard historian urges psychiatrists to focus less on making money and more on helping patients...
Fitness
Do Amino Acids Build Bigger Muscles?
Amino acids enhance workout performance, promote recovery, and help build muscle. But do we need to buy supplements to keep on hand during workouts?
Fitness
Is a Vegetarian Diet Bad for Your Brain?
If creatine is important for brain functioning, and vegetarians have lower creatine levels, could a vegetarian or vegan diet have a negative impact on cognitive function?
Is Recovery the Key to Optimal Performance?
Get-Fit Guy interviews Will Ahmed, CEO of a recovery device called WHOOP, to examine and quantify sleep, recovery, and strain
Should You Eat Fewer Eggs?
First eggs are bad. Then they’re OK. Now they’re bad again. Nutrition Diva puts the latest study on eggs and cholesterol in perspective
How to Prevent Food Allergies
Feeding infants allergenic foods may be the key to preventing allergies
Fitness
The Human Body Is a Mosaic of Different Genomes
Survey finds that “normal” human tissues are riddled with mutations
Health
Anorexia May Be Linked to Metabolism, a Genetic Analysis Suggests
A large, correlation-based study identifies eight genome regions associated with the eating disorder
Medicine
Some Hot Dog Histology
A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.
Fitness
New Method for Tackling Stroke Restrains an Overactive Immune System
Shutting down an inflammatory molecule could potentially provide treatment days after onset
Fitness
Mind and Body Benefit from Two Hours in Nature Each Week
People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter visits—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being. Jason G...
Fitness
Mucus: The Body’s Unsung Hero
The slimy stuff has a surprisingly wide array of beneficial biological functions
Fitness
A Deeper Understanding of Breast Cancer
AI finds new insights into molecular tumor properties using images of cells and tissue
Evolution
Going Barefoot Is Good for the Sole
Walking without shoes builds calluses, but that does not limit sensation
Fitness
Bone Up on What’s Inside You
Author and self-described fossil fanatic Brian Switek talks about his new book Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone.
Fitness
Elite Runners’ Microbes Make Mice Mightier
Mice that were fed bacteria isolated from elite athletes logged more treadmill time than other mice that got bacteria found in yogurt.
Health
Elite Athletes’ Gut Bacteria Give Rodent Runners a Boost
The chemical these bacteria produce appears to enhance athleticism
Fitness
Cancer Prevention Should Start before Birth
We can now identify risk factors that seem to affect a developing fetus
