Now, a new study by U.S. researchers may help explain the reason as to why smokers have less body fat as compared to non-smokers.
Now, a new study by U.S. researchers may help explain the reason as to why smokers have less body fat as compared to non-smokers.
For the study, researchers from Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York evaluated the levels of alpha2-zinc-glycoprotein1 (AZGP1), a gene linked to weight loss, in 37 healthy non-smokers and 55 healthy smokers.
Persistent Smokers Diagnosed With Lung Cancer Have Pain And Other Lung Cancer Complications
Smokers who refuse to quit the habit despite being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than non-smokers and former smokers, reveals study.
Smokers who refuse to quit the habit despite being diagnosed with lung cancer experience higher levels of pain from the disease than non-smokers and former smokers, reveals study.
They could not directly prove that smoking induced increases in AZGP1 are enough to mediate weight loss, but they speculate that the increased AZGP1 levels in smokers could be one mechanism contributing to the weight difference between smokers and non-smokers.
This study is published in the May issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American.
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Smokers may increase their chances of contracting colon cancer by eating fruit and vegetables, according to a new Europe-wide scientific study said Wednesday.
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