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The Taste With Vir: To count or not count calories of every dish on the menu
According to new rules announced in the United Kingdom, restaurants are obliged to list the exact calorie count of every dish on the menu. Here's why the UK press is full of complaints from chefs and from health experts.

Rare genetic defects might cause serious metabolic diseases, study suggests
- A research team has finally succeeded in introducing the underlying mutation in the ALG2 gene in a fish model, thus allowing the causes of these complex metabolic diseases to be studied at the molecular level. The study was published in the journal Development.

Study claims obesity reduces mitochondrial gene expression in fat tissue
A recent study has found that pathways responsible for mitochondrial metabolism in adipose tissue were greatly reduced by obesity. Mitochondria are important cellular powerplants that process all of our energy intakes and changes in them can often have health-related consequences

Study finds metabolism's possible role in depression
Certain metabolites may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder, suggests a recent study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists.
