The secret of the appeal of potato chips, chocolate and peanut butter unveiled

Monika Pischetsrieder and colleagues at the University of Erlangen in Germany have found that rats, with a choice, gravitate towards foods with a certain combination of fats and carbohydrates. The magic formula is 50 to 35, that is,

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Monika Pischetsrieder and colleagues at the University of Erlangen in Germany have found that rats, with a choice, gravitate towards foods with a certain combination of fats and carbohydrates. The magic formula is 50 to 35, that is,

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An IT specialist’s dream come true: play and lose weight

Sedentary work, sedentary entertainment, a dislike of physical activity and an addiction to snacks of all kinds: this is the recipe for gaining excess weight and the road to obesity. But scientists from the University of Exeter (UK) decided to use computer addiction for good . The results of the experiment, published

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Sedentary work, sedentary entertainment, a dislike of physical activity and an addiction to snacks of all kinds: this is the recipe for gaining excess weight and the road to obesity. But scientists from the University of Exeter (UK) decided to use computer addiction for good . The results of the experiment, published

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Eat and lose weight: scientists have discovered which proteins are responsible for metabolism

Scientists from the Institute for Age Research . Leibniz (Germany) discovered the mechanism by which the mTORC1 protein complex controls metabolism in the mammalian body. It controls the transfer of hereditary information from genes to mRNA (gene expression), to proteins of the C / EBPβ group . Removing a short variant of

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Scientists from the Institute for Age Research . Leibniz (Germany) discovered the mechanism by which the mTORC1 protein complex controls metabolism in the mammalian body. It controls the transfer of hereditary information from genes to mRNA (gene expression), to proteins of the C / EBPβ group . Removing a short variant of

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Healthy life expectancy index

However, December is in the yard and it’s time to sum up some results of the year. I caught the eye of a rating with a curious name – the index of the level of healthy life

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However, December is in the yard and it’s time to sum up some results of the year. I caught the eye of a rating with a curious name – the index of the level of healthy life

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Go far: physiologists have come up with an exoskeleton for walking

American physiologists from the University of North Carolina have come up with a device that makes walking easier. The small exoskeleton fits on the legs and does not require power sources. The device saves up to 7% of

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American physiologists from the University of North Carolina have come up with a device that makes walking easier. The small exoskeleton fits on the legs and does not require power sources. The device saves up to 7% of

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More push-ups, fewer sick days: HeiaHeia social network launches in UK

HeiaHeia is a new project that went unnoticed outside of Finland, where it was developed. However, this should soon change with the official launch of the project in the UK. The site was founded by Jussi Raisanen, co-founder

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HeiaHeia is a new project that went unnoticed outside of Finland, where it was developed. However, this should soon change with the official launch of the project in the UK. The site was founded by Jussi Raisanen, co-founder

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Be optimistic – depression leads to Alzheimer’s

Scientists cannot yet say exactly which processes at the cellular level lead to depression, but they confidently assert that the brain of a depressed person, even in a calm state, is subject to overload. This is

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Scientists cannot yet say exactly which processes at the cellular level lead to depression, but they confidently assert that the brain of a depressed person, even in a calm state, is subject to overload. This is

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The sun is not joking, or a couple of well-known, but, non-obvious facts

Like many other freelancers, there was a time in my life when I literally lived at night. And what, it would seem, the advantages of this activity are mass: Quiet and grace; Thinks better; Nobody

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Like many other freelancers, there was a time in my life when I literally lived at night. And what, it would seem, the advantages of this activity are mass: Quiet and grace; Thinks better; Nobody

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Safe it is to sit at the computer

This article is about how safe it is to sit at the computer for hours, what it is fraught with and how to avoid it, but first things first. Our vision is a perfect and amazing

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This article is about how safe it is to sit at the computer for hours, what it is fraught with and how to avoid it, but first things first. Our vision is a perfect and amazing

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Caution spine

None of us doubts that the spine is one of the most important parts of our body. The supporting element of the skeleton, the receptacle of the spinal cord. However, we pay little attention to it, I

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None of us doubts that the spine is one of the most important parts of our body. The supporting element of the skeleton, the receptacle of the spinal cord. However, we pay little attention to it, I

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