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3 stories tagged "muscle"

Metabolic & Weight

Switch Off One Protein Called Mitch, and Cells Start Eating Their Own Fat

Women with obesity carry more of it. Disable it in mice and they turn lean and muscular at once, the opposite of what the injectable weight-loss drugs do to your body.

Nutrition & Food

They Call It Aging. Sometimes It's a Vitamin Your Doctor Forgot to Check.

New Cornell research explains how B12 deficiency starves muscle of energy, and why the standard test your doctor orders can call the problem aging.

Nutrition & Food

The Protein Numbers on the Government Charts Were Never Meant to Help You Thrive

A new Frontiers in Nutrition perspective argues official protein and exercise guidelines were built to prevent deficiency, not to maximize healthspan, and that older adults in particular need far more.