Author: Aarhus University

  • The Body's Own Fat-Metabolism Protects Against the Harmful Effects of Sugar

    For several years, medical researchers, doctors and dieticians have known that a low carbohydrate diet and plentiful fat can prevent a range of lifestyle and age-related diseases and thus promote healthy aging. But researchers from around the world have not been able to explain why this is the case. They have just been reasonably certain…

  • Plants migrate to higher altitudes because of climate change

    Although most of the world’s species diversity is found in tropical areas, there are very few studies that have examined whether tropical mountain species are affected by climate change to the same extent as temperate species. A new study has now determined that major changes have taken place during the last two centuries.By comparing the…