Mitochondria and Fat Burning: Separating Biology From Marketing
Mitochondria are the cellular structures where fatty acids and glucose are oxidised to produce ATP.
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Mitochondria are the cellular structures where fatty acids and glucose are oxidised to produce ATP.
In people without diabetes, the long-term average — reflected in HbA1c — carries more prognostic weight than individual post-meal peaks
Other ingredients such as magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide and rice flour serve manufacturing functions rather than nutritional ones
Slow and modest where positive, and always alongside something else the reviewer changed.
Tracking works when it measures behaviours you control and fails when it measures outcomes you do not.
Third-party certification means an independent laboratory has verified that a product contains what its label says and is free of speci
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of findings — waist circumference, blood pressure, triglycerides, HDL and fasting glucose — that togeth
Cross-border supplement orders can face customs duties, seizure of restricted ingredients and much weaker consumer protection.
Beats the secretive competition; loses to a single properly dosed ingredient, and to a walk.
Exercise produces modest weight loss on its own but is one of the strongest predictors of keeping weight off long term.
Foods that require chewing produce stronger satiety than soft or liquid equivalents with the same calories.
AMPK is an enzyme that acts as a cellular energy sensor, switching on energy-producing pathways when cellular fuel is low.
Thermogenesis is heat production by the body, including the small energy cost of digesting food and the activity of brown adipose tissu
Obstructive sleep apnoea causes repeated breathing interruptions during sleep, fragmenting rest and worsening glucose control.
Fermentable fibre is the primary food source for gut bacteria, which produce short-chain fatty acids that influence gut health and appe
The FDA maintains a public list of supplements found to contain undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients.
Real ingredients, real numbers — and nine of the eleven numbers are small.
Aerobic exercise, resistance training and short post-meal walks each improve glucose handling through partly different mechanisms.
A planned maintenance phase is a period at maintenance calories deliberately inserted between deficit phases.
A product can truthfully claim its ingredients are clinically studied while never having been tested itself, at its own doses, in its o
Strict food rules increase the psychological value of forbidden foods and raise the chance of rebound eating.
Even a few nights of restricted sleep measurably reduce insulin sensitivity in healthy adults.
A proprietary blend lists several ingredients under one total weight, so you see what is present but not how much of each.
Short naps improve alertness without harming night sleep; long or late naps reduce sleep pressure and delay bedtime.