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#metabolism — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Scientists Tested This Tropical Fruit for Diabetes – and Found an Unexpected Blood Pressure Effect

    Feijoa photographed by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner from Wellington, New Zealand. Credit: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner from Wellington, New Zealand…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #bloodpressure #diabetes #GB #hypertension #Metabolism #Nutrition #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/796790/

  2. 📰 "Monitoring fatty acid trafficking during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis reveals a role for the triglyceride synthase DGAT1 in protecting mitochondrial integrity"
    doi.org/doi:10.64898/2026.08.1
    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/428454
    #DrosophilaMelanogaster
    #Mitochondria #Drosophila #Metabolism

  3. 🐸 NEW: Most #animals make ketone bodies in the liver when #glucose runs low, and the #blood carries them to the #brain.

    A University of #Missouri study found that #bullfrogs also produce #ketones directly inside brain tissue, letting neural activity continue without glucose. This may explain how the #frogs restart key brain circuits each #spring after #hibernation, when #energy stores are thin.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/bullfro

    #metabolism #amphibians #neuroscience #biology #research #winter #physiology #science #wildlife #nature #diseases

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