Novel diet pill fools body into burning fat from ‘imaginary meal’

Researchers have created a new diet pill that they say tricks the body into thinking it has eaten a satisfying meal, causing weight loss and reduced blood glucose and cholesterol.

Men’s diets are related to local offerings, unlike women’s

Canadian men’s eating habits are associated with the availability of healthy food sources in their residential neighborhood but women’s are not, according to researchers. Why men and not women? “This may be because women, who are in general more nutritionally knowledgeable, may engage in different food shopping strategies than men, and rely on other aspects of the food environment than the proportion of food stores locally available,” suggested the study’s leader

Female mice lifespan reduced by fructose-glucose mixture

A recent mouse study has found that consumption of a fructose-glucose mixture, found in high-fructose corn syrup, led to reduced lifespan and reproduction in female mice.

Obesity ‘not always linked with metabolic problems’

The findings of a weight-gain experiment in 20 obese participants suggest that some obese people are protected from the metabolic problems commonly associated with weight gain.

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