It seems like cruel fate that some folks are naturally thin, while others have to work tirelessly to control their weight. But in the future, we may be able to level the playing field, because scientists have just discovered a ‘metabolic master switch’ that determines whether fat-producing adipocytes store or burn energy. Read more…
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‘Metabolic Switch’ Toggles Our Cells to Store or Burn Fat
The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s annual list of “food porn”–items that have more calories in them than one might expect–identifies Cheesecake Factory’s Bistro Shrimp Pasta as a particularly bad offender. “It’s like eating three orders of Olive Garden’s Lasagna Classico plus an order of tiramisu for dinner,” CSPI said. Some in the food and beverage industries have dubbed the Washington-based group the “food police”. More than one-third of Americans are obese. One of my first memorable experiences in the U.S. was visiting a Cheesecake Factory, ordering a salad, and receiving 8lb of shredded lettuce suspended in a curiously solid hillock of oil and ranch dressing. Cheesecake Factory pasta on annual list of caloric “food porn” [Reuters]
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Cheesecake Factory has 3,120 calorie dish