fat
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To the looksmaxxers, these peptides aren’t about health; they’re for shedding fat, building muscle, clearing up skin, and even getting tanned.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Regularly consuming foods high in fat can contribute to health problems such as obesity and hypertension.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
There, users discussed different “stacks,” or combinations of peptides, to reduce body fat and achieve muscle growth.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
More changes happen when it reaches maturity at 16-18% body fat.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As I stood up, a fat donkey came trotting toward me.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Probiotic frozen yogurts, which contain healthy fats and more protein than other versions, align with the types of high-protein diets that have taken off with the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Researchers observed greater breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Researchers found evidence that certain fats associated with foamy microglia may also be detectable in cerebrospinal fluid.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
They contain nitrates, high levels of sodium and saturated fats, and aromatic hydrocarbons that increase the risk of cancer, hypertension, and heart disease.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
It seems the fats and oils aren’t being doled out fairly, and Mother’s going to have to put a stop to it.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Shares climbed 8.4% in morning trading after the Frankfurt-listed academic publisher said it expects further sales growth and a fatter profit margin this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
With fatter profit margins from AI, earnings can grow 14% annually through 2027.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
SNPs have even fatter profit margins than traditional Medicare Advantage plans.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
She has read Around the World in Eighty Days until the Braille is soft and fraying; for this year’s birthday, her father has bought her an even fatter book: Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
This is partly why she pursued the research: She wanted to figure out what characterizes the few with the fattest paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Now with chemo side effects, “I’m gonna end up looking like the Last Airbender. Or the fattest Air Gender Bender.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“The Ranch” is a prodigal-son story, complete with fatted calves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
“If you have a fatted goose, it’s not going to walk well,” he says.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
Feasting on the fatted calf of divine grace, every day was thanksgiving.
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015
I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
Still another of the fallacies of our forbears was that the fatting pig made the greatest increase from a given quantity of food when it was at least approaching maturity and ripeness, or complete fatness.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders
All, except the fatting sheep, were folded on the stubbles, and allowed a daily run on the park of about an hour for each flock.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
The other residents follow the diversified farming, based on grazing, which in this country includes fatting of calves and pigs, raising of poultry and other small agricultural industries.
From Quaker Hill A Sociological Study by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
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