A report backed by Harvard University reveals that the body uses a surprising amount of energy to keep functioning, ...

Many of us attribute gradual weight gain in middle age and beyond to a slow metabolism, but to what extent is this assumption true?In a world flooded with health advice and ever-changing diet trends, ...

Your metabolism is affected by lifestyle, your gut biome and even muscle mass. Age does have an impact, but not in the way you might think.

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) accounts for about 60% of the calories you burn each day. To calculate your BMR, you should use the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, which is the most accurate. Knowing your BMR ...

A study tested the extreme limits of calorie-burning and challenged a popular theory that people can burn up to 10 times ...

In a system with self-replicating molecules -previously shown to have the capability to grow, divide and evolve - chemists from the University of Groningen have now discovered catalytic capabilities ...