RECENT ADVANCES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN NUTRITION.

Recent advances in human brown fat physiology.

Of the two variants of adipose tissue, white fat is traditionally known as a lipid rich tissue which undergoes pathological expansion in obese conditions. To counter the excess accumulation of white fat in states of energy imbalance, the second and unique type of brown fat plays a key role by burning extra energy into heat through a special metabolic pathway. In addition brown fat also plays a ...

Palm oil in human nutrition: recent advances.

In this era of information technology and strategic advances in molecular based sciences, one would have expected the knowledge of fats, fatty acids and their association with diseases to have been wrapped up in a package, neat and simple enough to win the confidence of consumers. Yet, fats the much-touted macronutrient, continues to taunt humans, demonstrating various physiological effects tha...

Recent Advances in Physiology

Recent advances in nutrition

Recent advances in the physiology of eating.

Since the discovery of the protein product of the ob/ob gene, leptin, knowledge of the neurochemical pathways involved in the regulation of feeding has increased enormously. Our understanding of the mechanisms regulating food intake in man has also progressed greatly over a similar time span. Previous research into the regulation of food intake has largely proceeded through a reductionist appro...