Many believe that a sluggish thyroid has led to obesity. A new study in children shows the opposite – that obesity inflames the thyroid leading to potentially life-long thyroid problems if the weight is not lost.

A new discovery shows that insulin may be an important regulator of body temperature, something to consider for any person that is too cold or struggling with thyroid issues.

The importance of keeping your thyroid system in tip-top working condition cannot be underestimated. A variety of recent studies have concluded that a struggling thyroid system is associated with an increased risk of death, especially when there is a concurrent health problem or when there is cardiovascular issues.

The myopic public health machine is clinging to their anti-viral drugs and future experimental vaccines as their great hope for minimizing a potential Swine flu pandemic. It is a paradigm of assistance that woefully falls short. What the public really needs is credible immune system information that not only helps overcome the fear of this flu, but also...

Feeding mice butyric acid improved their ability to burn fat on a high fat diet. The butyric acid improved their muscle function, health of brown adipose tissue, and various gene signals involved with fatty acid metabolism. Butyric acid also prevented insulin resistance from happening in these over-fed mice.

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, a gradual deterioration of the optic nerve that often “sneaks up” on a person. A new study says that patients who have glaucoma also have a 38% higher rate of thyroid problems.

Astaxanthin prevents loss of insulin signaling and improves glucose metabolism in liver of insulin resistant mice.

Thyroxin regulates BDNF expression to promote survival of injured neurons.

Diet enriched with korean pine nut oil improves mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue in diet-induced obesity.

Pantethine, diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis. Clinical study of 1045 patients.

Cytochrome P4501A1 expression, polychlorinated biphenyls and hydroxylated metabolites, and adipocyte size of bottlenose dolphins from the Southeast United States.

ROLE OF EXERCISE-INDUCED BDNF PRODUCTION IN THE REGULATION OF ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS.