Blocking Mitch, a protein that regulates energy control, prevents fat from accumulating in human cells. About a decade ago, a ...

There are scientific reasons behind why men develop a potbelly, especially related to how fat cells work in the body ... surrounding important organs like the liver and intestines.

“These findings suggest that the inflammatory markers, although highly associated with obesity, do not ... “If you look at pictures of fat cells, at first glance, they look like marshmallows.

But classic cartilage cells, called chondrocytes, are smaller than fat cells and lack a lipid ... As a result, under the microscope, the cells “look like iridescent pearls”, Plikus says.

They look like a pearl—whitish ... when your body burns fat, the cells shrink. Lipochondrocytes, it turned out, do no such thing. The researchers studied ears of mice put on high-fat versus ...

Let’s take a look at ... due to fat cells releasing pro-inflammatory hormones called adipokines,” says Enright. She says that diets high in pro-inflammatory foods—like refined carbohydrates ...