The announcement mostly served as a reminder of what a struggle it is to turn fat into gold.

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Once her body burns through that available sugar, it will next start burning body fat as fuel, and finally turn to protein once her fat stores are exhausted.

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Certain probiotics can affect the production of bile acids, which in turn affect how much fat people absorb.

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In the death zone between the rock shoals and the breakers, two grey seals float and turn, fishing, peering, wallowing like fat ladies in a spa pool.

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It does not turn on whether Mr Portillo can really trim the fat he says he has found in the running costs of government, welfare fraud and so on.

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We've also seen Manning fallout in New York, where the Jets showed an interest, only to turn around a couple of days later and announce a fat contract extension for besieged starter Mark Sanchez.

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We will routinely turn off genes that promote disease and aging such as the fat insulin receptor gene that tells the fat cells to hold onto excess fat.

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The glycol is, in turn, covered by a membrane made of two layers of lipids (fat-like molecules).

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Granted, the tale of the aristocratic Jen (played by Zhang Ziyi), her tangles with martial-arts masters Li Mubai (Chow Yun Fat) and Yu Shulien (Michelle Yeoh, fresh from her recent successful turn as a Bond girl), and her torrid romance with rough-hewn Lo (Chang Chen) is not that gripping.

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