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How exercise treats depression?
According to this study, young men who participated in a 10 week program of aerobic and resistance training experienced a significant reduction in their symptoms of depression.
Turning lazy white fat into brown fat…
Researchers from Johns Hopkins conducted an experiment to see if suppressing the appetite-stimulating neuropeptide Y (NPY) protein in the hypothalamus would decrease body fat in rats.
At the conclusion of their study, the rats with suppressed NPY weighed less than the control group.
That’s good news.
The researchers also found that the rats with suppressed levels of NPY exhibited higher levels of spontaneous physical activity, improved blood sugar levels and enhanced insulin sensitivity.
More good news.
But wait, it gets even better.
Do you eat CARBS?
Though they’ve been extinct for almost 30,000 years, new evidence suggests that Neanderthal hunters were more than just carnivores. This new evidence for their culinary proclivities came from non other than plague on their teeth. I guess it’s a good thing they didn’t floss.
From three Neanderthals which were found in caves in Iraq and Belgium, researchers were able to determine that they consumed date palms, seeds, and legumes including peas and beans. What’s more is that the researchers also found evidence of cooked food in the form of barley and water lilies.
Dolores Piperno, lead author of the study from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, told the Guardian:
