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Green tea molecule can break up protein tangles in the brain that cause Alzheimer’s Scientists at UCLA have used a molecule found in green tea to identify additional molecules that could break up protein tangles in the brain thought to cause Alzheimer's and similar diseases.

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脂肪組織小知識 - 詢問科學家 您可能認為脂肪並不是您的朋友，但它絕不是您的敵人。閱讀本文找出脂肪組織解答和體脂肪的有趣事實。

Interesting Research on Omega-3 Fats and Weight Management

Omega-3 fatty acids are fats found in foods such as fish and nuts. They play many important roles in the body. New research shows they impact weight management by influencing the formation of new fat cells—and that’s a good thing.

There are antenna-like structures that extend from the surface of the cell known called cilia. They are designed to pick up and send cellular signals. Defects in the cilium are known to be associated with obesity and insulin resistance, but the reasons have been unclear. Researchers discovered that the cilium can sense omega-3 fats in the diet and signal the stem cells in fat tissue to divide and turn into new fat cells.
Without the signal to initiate the formation of new cells to store fat, existing fat cells become larger. It’s better to have more small fat cells than fewer, larger fat cells. The larger the cells are the more likely they are to be linked to insulin resistance, other health conditions, and to the release of toxic contents.

This research opens up a new and exciting area of study involving omega-3 fats, and re-emphasizes the importance of eating a diet that includes healthy fats, especially the polyunsaturated fats you know as omega-3s.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31761534

食物通過消化道的過程 - 詢問科學家 仔細看看消化系統及其運作原理，以瞭解如何從食物中萃取營養素，並追蹤食物從進入口中到排出體外的過程。

【确诊隔天快筛呈阴不代表痊愈‼️‼️】

当我们确诊冠病后隔天快筛呈阴，这代表我们已经完全痊愈了吗？答案是否定的。

日前，有一名“跑步男”在抖音上分享，自称自己快筛呈阳，隔天去跑步10公里出了一身汗，当晚二检即呈阴，引起了不少医生及卫生部的关注纷纷分享正确资讯希望民众不要被误导。

大马医药推特平台(MedTweetMY)就在推特上发文为大家做科普时表示，快筛检测从阳性转为阴性，并不代表病患已经痊愈。

该推文出示一张图表示，抗原快筛(RTK)只有病患在接触病毒3至7天内，体内的病毒载量达致高峰时才会被测出呈阳。

换言之，当病患在早于或迟过这段时间，体内病毒载量低于一定数量时做快筛，就不一定能准确地检测成阳。

“所以即使你的快筛检测从阳转阴也不一定代表你已经痊愈，可以自由了。”

推文也说，患者快筛呈阳后，并不需要每一天快筛，期间即便发现快筛呈阴了也不代表可以结束隔离；所有确诊患者都必须隔离7至10天。

“如果是第一阶段至第三阶段的病患，在家隔离7至10天就足够了，之后病毒不会再有传染性，但仍然必须严格遵守标准作业程序。”
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来源：星洲日报
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OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS SUPPORT JOINT RANGE OF MOTION AND DIMINISHES MUSCLE SORENESS AND STRENGTH LOSS AFTER EXERCISE

The double-blind placebo controlled study included 24 young health men who consumed either a fish oil supplement (600 mg EPA and 260 mg DHA) or a placebo for eight weeks prior to the exercise. After 8 weeks of supplementation, the men performed 5 sets of 6 maximal eccentric elbow flexion exercises (described in the paper’s study methods), followed by an additional 5 days of supplementation.

Following maximal eccentric elbow flexion exercises, men supplementing with EPA and DHA omega-3s experienced significant increases to maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and range of motion (ROM) compared to a placebo group.

At 2–5 days after exercise, MVC was found to be significantly higher in the omega-3 group than the placebo group, and at 1–5 days after exercise, ROM was also significantly higher in the omega-3 group than the placebo group. Muscle soreness of the brachialis was also found to be significantly greater in the placebo group than the EPA group at 3 days after exercise only, suggesting the EPA and DHA diminished the level of muscle soreness.

This study showed that 8 weeks of fish oil supplementation reduced the level of muscle soreness and strength loss, and improved range of motion after exercise.

Full paper:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875060/

20 Things That Are Actually Damaging The Kidneys Your kidneys are two small, bean-shaped organs that sit below the ribs on either side of the spine. Roughly the size of a fist, kidneys are in charge of filtering the blood and removing toxic substances from the food we eat, expelling these toxins out in the form of waste products. Kidneys also help...

36道素食湯羹食譜大全：素湯怎麼做才好喝呢？ 2、湯鍋放水，放入所有材料，待湯汁煮開後，再放入所有調味料，並調好鹹淡味道，用太白粉水勾芡，灑入香菜（或九層塔），即可起鍋。

人體如何吸收營養指南 - 詢問科學家 在整個消化系統中跟蹤食物中的維生素和礦物質來了解人體如何吸收營養。

Red Blood Cell Super-Highway: Navigating the Cardiovascular System Take a deeper look at the anatomy of the cardiovascular system, what it does, and how to promote cardiovascular health.

免疫基礎知識 - 詢問科學家 免疫系統：您身體的護衛 您的免疫系統每天都在戰鬥，這是它的工作。 您正受到協調防禦的保護；細胞、蛋白質、和化學訊號聯手對抗細菌、病毒、寄生蟲、和其他病原體。此外，您的免疫系統也有助於傷口的癒合、細胞和組....

20 Warning Signs of Poor Blood Circulation in Your System Whenever our blood circulation fails to deliver the proper nutrients to the specific parts of our body, that leads to a diverse range of health issues.

禁食的真相 - 询问科学家 探索如何执行间歇性断食能让您可以对限定时间进食有更好的理解。本文随后提供如何开始间歇性断食的八个建议来启动新的生活方式。

Mild exercise increases fitness Although vigorous exercise should be encouraged, this study demonstrates that mild exercise improves fitness levels and reduces cardiovascular disease risk.

Fascinating Facts About Your Liver

The liver is the body’s largest internal organ. And it’s undoubtedly one of the hardest workers. The liver is usually associated with detoxification, but it’s essential for numerous vital functions. Here are just some of its most important jobs:

• Converts the nutrients in your diet into substances the body can use. It also stores many nutrients (like iron and vitamin A) so they can be supplied to the body’s cells when needed.
• Produces proteins that, along with vitamin K, play an important role in blood clotting.
• Breaks down old and damaged blood cells.
• Plays a central role in all metabolic processes in the body.

In fat metabolism, liver cells break down fat to produce energy. It also secretes bile into the small intestine to further aid in the breakdown and absorption of fats.

In carbohydrate metabolism, the liver helps regulate blood glucose to keep it constant. After a meal, when blood glucose (sugar) is high, the liver can remove glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen. When blood glucose levels decline, the liver breaks down glycogen into glucose to release into the blood. The liver can also make new glucose from lactic acid and amino acids in a process known as gluconeogenesis.

This is especially important in times of prolonged fasting. Hormones in the pancreas—insulin and glucagon—direct these processes in the liver.

In protein metabolism, the liver changes amino acids in food so they can be either used as energy, or made into carbohydrates and fats.
The liver also converts toxic substances into harmless ones and makes sure they are released from the body. In other words, it is one of the body’s main detoxifiers.
It does this important job by:

• Filtering the blood to remove large toxins. A healthy liver clears almost 100 percent of bacteria and other toxins from blood before it enters general circulation.
• Producing and secreting bile. Bile serves as a carrier to eliminate fat-soluble toxins and cholesterol from the body.
• Breaking down unwanted or toxic chemicals. This usually occurs in two steps, known as Phase I and Phase II.

Be nice to your liver. It has a lot of critical jobs to do. Read the following links to learn more about how the liver detoxifies and why treating your liver right is so important.

https://askthescientists.com/liver-facts/
https://askthescientists.com/qa/liver-detoxification-pathways/
https://askthescientists.com/qa/glutathione/

了解壓力如何影響您的免疫功能 思考壓力對免疫功能的影響以及如何減少生活中的壓力。

How to Take Care of Your Kidneys Your kidneys play a key role in overall health. Learn how kidneys function and how to take care of your kidneys.

认识香氛疗法 - 询问科学家 吸入芳香疗法的各种益处并开始体验平静和幸福感。透过芳香疗法的科学更深入的理解气味。

Sleeping on the Job: Discover the Health Benefits of Napping A catnap a day keeps the doctor away: Stop fighting that post-lunch drowsiness and harness the health benefits of napping.

Vitamin B-12 and Neural Development in Children Vitamin B12 is involved in the synthesis of DNA, red blood cell formation, energy production, and is also involved in neurodevelopment in young children.