metabolism

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Losing muscle while gaining abdominal fat has a compounded effect on the body's metabolism.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Another study led by former graduate student Cynthia Wang-Claypool found that feathers, including those of Anna's hummingbirds, contain ethyl glucuronide, a byproduct of ethanol metabolism.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

She wrote a letter to Kennedy in November urging the FDA to use enforcement discretion for certain peptides that she said were “critical to processes” such as metabolism, immune response and tissue repair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

On the other hand, subcutaneous fat -- the fat just beneath the skin -- can actually support healthier metabolism.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

They all made fairly strong assumptions about what Martian metabolism had to be like.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan