metabolism
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More and more, diners are leaning into “proteinmaxxing,” the viral health trend that promotes increased protein intake with the goal of boosting metabolism, decreasing appetite and increasing muscle mass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
This can boost our metabolism, which may aid in long-term weight maintenance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
These steroid hormones are important for metabolism, immune activity, and the body's response to stress.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Plant based diets support health in several ways, including benefits for the gut, immune system, metabolism, and cardiovascular system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Each of the three microbiology experiments asked a different kind of question, but in all cases a question about Martian metabolism.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The results point to one major difference: species whose metabolisms were less able to cope with warmer, oxygen poor water suffered the highest extinction rates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The higher temperatures promote algae growth by allowing their metabolisms to shift into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
"Considering that the vast majority of reductases encoded by gut bacteria remain functionally uncharacterized, identified metabolisms may only scratch the surface of interactions between respiratory reductases and the gut metabolome," the study authors wrote.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
Their sluggish metabolisms help them conserve energy, which is difficult to come by in the dark, sparsely-populated deep.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
It was decided that their metabolisms must be lowered and that they must live for the most part in their bunks.
From Perfect Control by Richard Stockham
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