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Fat chance for longevity.
The health benefits of specific fatty acids and physiological roles of fat metabolism are important subjects that are still poorly understood. In this issue of Genes & Development, O'Rourke and colleagues (pp. 429-440) uncovered a role for lipase-generated ω-6 fatty acids in promoting autophagy and, consequently, life span extension under both fed and fasting conditions. The impact of this find...
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IT IS NO SECRET THAT OBESITY and obesity-related metabolic disorders are rising unabated in the United States (5, 6), and this epidemic has not eluded children. From 1999 –2000 to 2003–2004, the prevalence of overweight children/adolescents increased from 13.8 to 16.0% for males and 14.0 to 18.2% for females (13). Of the three major actual causes of death (tobacco , poor diet, and physical inac...
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متن کاملScientific Review of Fat Chance
T he goal of this review is to critically analyze concepts presented in the book Fat Chance by Robert H. Lustig, MD. Overall, the author tells an interesting and compelling story to the reader. The major problem with this book is that the story is incomplete and misleading. It also demonstrates the author’s lack of understanding of many of the concepts that are presented. Outlined below are sev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2010.10k071