New details linking stress, fat metabolism revealed

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 13:56 in Health & Medicine

If you're under constant stress and can't lose weight, there might be a protein to blame. Researchers have discovered that chronic stress stimulates production of betatrophin, a protein that then goes on to inhibit an enzyme involved in fat metabolism.

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