Recent entries tagged "obesity"

Statins beat bad bacteria

May 5, 2020

They don't know why, but taking statins improves the composition of obese people's gut bacteria.


Phages, poop, obesity, and diabetes — together at last

May 5, 2020

A particular kind of fecal transplant might help you lose weight and avoid diabetes.


Your body knows when it’s fat

April 4, 2020

You can fool your body's internal scale into thinking you're fatter than you are — and lose weight.


Your complicated tongue, when water makes fire, metal-eating robots, and more

April 4, 2020

Today we cover how cuisine is pretty old, whether rain causes eruptions, how your tongue is pretty complicated, robots that eat metal for power, and more.