Unsaturated fat prevents abdominal fat accumulation increases muscle mass

New research from Uppsala University shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat. This is the first study in humans to show that the fat composition of food not only influences cholesterol levels in the blood and the risk of cardiovascular disease but also determines where the fat will be stored in the body.

Craving For Sugar And Drugs Increased By Faulty Signaling In Brain

“Our data indicate that the brain becomes hypersensitive to rewards when this co-signaling of glutamate and dopamine does not function. Lower doses than normal are enough to increase the propensity to ingest the substance, and this is true of both sugar and cocaine,” says Asa Mackenzie, associate professor of neuroscience at Uppsala University and the researcher who led the study…

Risk of fractures in later life not reduced by high daily calcium intake

If you are already taking moderate amounts of calcium, increasing it will not lower your risk of osteoporosis or fractures when you are older, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal).