Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into ...

Consuming fewer calories is largely accepted as a way to improve health and lose weight, but a recently published study in Nature Metabolism points to a specific sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine ...

Pennington Biomedical researchers have contributed to a study highlighting the crucial role of cysteine in regulating metabolism. Reducing calorie intake is widely known to support better health and ...

A study reveals that reducing the amino acid cysteine triggers fat browning and weight loss. Researchers found calorie restriction lowers cysteine in human fat tissue, while animal models showed ...

Unraveling the impact of cysteine deficiency on rapid weight loss, highlighting the importance of amino acids in nutrition.

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays a central role in maintaining energy balance in cells, especially under energy stress.

With a recent $917,000 grant from the American Cancer Society, Wolf is exploring how the metabolism of cysteine, a protein in the diet, interacts with the gut microbiome, or the microorganisms that ...