Necrotizing fasciitis is known as a deadly human flesh-eating disease. It is caused by a bacterial infection of the fascia under the skin, producing toxins that destroy tissues. Sounds scary, I agree. The literal meaning of autophagy is self-eating—auto means self,...

Insulin is such an important hormone. We literally would die without it. Like any hormone, however, it needs to know its place. Too much insulin over too long a period of the day will set us up for weight gain. Last month we identified an all-too-common reality:...

Gaining weight in the form of fat comes in two ways: more and bigger. More refers to the fact that we can grow more fat cells. They increase in number, but stay about the same size. The second way we gain fat is by enlarging the size of fat cells. They literally get...