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The specific gene that turns the carbohydrates into fats has been found by the U.S. researchers. This study has also provided the new approaches about the metabolism of the carbohydrates and their contribution in the obesity.
The isolated gene, known as DNA-PK, is responsible for the various actions of liver which are responsible for the carbohydrates conversion into fats, the researchers’ team reported in the journal “Cell.”
“We are optimistic that one day these findings were allowed the people to eat carbohydrates without the fear of obesity,” the researcher Roger Wong, said.
blood cholesterol level, carbohydrates, fats, heart diseases, liver, metabolism, obesity
Obesity can cuts down the life span of an obese person, a new study suggested. Moderated obesity means almost 50 to 60 pounds above then the ideal body mass index can shorten three to four years of life and the most American middle-age men having the extra 150 pounds than their ideal weight which can shorten life span by ten years.
Thought this level is not as much common as smoking as smoking is also known to reduce the life span by ten years, so both reasons are equally dangerous.
For the study, Whitlock the lead researcher analyzed the data of 894,576 people with 25 BMI. According to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, people are considered overweight when they have a BMI over 25 and 29.9 and obese after crossing BMI 30 and more.
heart diseases, ideal weight, obesity, overweight, renal failure, Smoking, stroke, various cancers
The U.S. FDA reaffirmed its stance that high level of LDL or “bad cholesterol,” is key risk factor for heart diseases such as heart attack, stroke etc, and reduction in LDL cholesterol lowers the risk of these diseases.
The agency was reviewing of data from ENHANCE, a trial, which was comparing Zocor (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), a drug inhibit the production of cholesterol in the liver, in combination to Vytorin with Zetia (ezemtimibe), which limits the cholesterol absorption.
Preliminary results from ENHANCE had shown that there was no considerable difference in the thickness of the walls of the blood vessels of the neck. Though, the LDL cholesterol reduction, in patients with Vytorin compared to Zocor was significant.
bad cholesterol, f.d.a, heart attack, heart diseases, stroke
A review suggests that fish oil may help to decrease the number of heart diseases’ related deaths, but it appears to have no help for patients with heart beat problems.
The review has been based on the results of various fish oil related studies in which nearly 30,000 patients were involved.
The researchers from the University of Alberta conducted the study and it has been published in the journal BMJ online edition.
The researchers found that it was reported in almost 11 studies that fish oil helped to decrease heart problem 20%. But no study could determine the most favorable formulation or recommended dose for fish oil.
