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Bibliographic records and reader-friendly guides to sources cited by the journal.
Journal article · 2020
Redox Biology
What happens to lactate after a working muscle produces it? This paper describes lactate as a fuel, a building block for making glucose and a signal that can influence cell activity. It emphasizes movement between producing…
Journal article · 2025
European Journal of Applied Physiology
What role does muscle acidity play when intense exercise becomes difficult to sustain? The authors separate lactate accumulation from increased acidity and examine experiments that manipulate them. Lactate itself generally had little direct effect on muscle…
Journal article · 2020
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Appetite changes before the body has finished absorbing a meal. Signals from food cues, the mouth, the gut, and stored energy arrive at different times. The authors describe experiments showing how these layers help the brain…
Journal article · 2022
Circulation
Cardiovascular health includes more than whether someone has already developed heart disease. Life's Essential 8 brings together diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep, body weight, blood lipids, blood glucose, and blood pressure. Each component receives a…
Journal article · 2000
Med Sci Sports Exerc
Journal article · 2011
J Clin Biochem Nutr
Antioxidants may protect membrane fats by affecting the reactions that oxidize them, not only by trapping free radicals. This study tested vitamin E and two related compounds in artificial membranes containing cardiolipin, a fat important in…
Journal article · 2024
Current opinion in hematology
Journal article · 2024
JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology
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Journal article · 2018
Microbiology Spectrum
How can a bacterium spread through tissue while spending much of its time inside the body's own cells? Listeria monocytogenes uses surface proteins to trigger entry, then can escape the membrane-bound compartment that initially contains it.…
Journal article · 2018
Age and Ageing
Staying active in later life depends partly on being able to move in the first place. Researchers tracked 1,404 community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older across nine annual assessments. They measured standing, walking, turning, and sitting,…
Journal article · 2014
Food Science & Nutrition
Getting omega-3 fats is not only a question of how much oil a food contains. The particular fatty acid matters. The authors describe sources ranging from fish and other animal foods to plants, algae, and microorganisms.…
Journal article · 2021
European Journal of Applied Physiology
Food energy has to support more than the exercise recorded in a training session. Energy availability describes the dietary energy left after exercise expenditure, relative to lean body mass. Controlled experiments show that reducing it can…
Journal article · 2022
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Choosing a weight-loss diet does not have to begin with assuming carbohydrates are the deciding factor. The authors assessed 61 trials involving 6,925 adults with overweight or obesity. For participants without type 2 diabetes, pooled data…
Journal article · 2020
European Heart Journal
Artery disease can develop long before someone feels unwell. In an imaging study discussed here, 71% of middle-aged male participants and 43% of female participants had evidence of atherosclerosis before it had become clinically apparent. Atherosclerosis…
Journal article · 2017
Journal of exercise science and fitness
Journal article · 2019
Comprehensive Physiology
Understanding the lymphatic system means looking beyond a single job such as drainage. The vessel network and associated immune tissues help maintain the environment around the body's cells. The authors describe roles in balancing fluid outside…
Journal article · 2015
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Journal article · 2015
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Journal article · 2021
EBioMedicine
