Oh yeah, feel that beat, brainy! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The blood vessels in your brain expand and contract to the beat of your heart. This is called arterial pulsation and it’s measured to study heart health. But! Methods for measuring it are
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Do-nuts. Wait!! Are you on keto? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Keto’s low carb, high fat diet deprives you of glucose. Your body starts burning its fat reserves. Then come the fun cheat days! No? Meet Cody Durrer and colleagues from the University of
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Cargo trucks for your bloodstream? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your bloodstream is a highway that moves nutrients throughout your body! Doctors can use this highway to ship helpful drugs ANYwhere. But since it is so vast, those drugs can also end up EVERYwhere!
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Are those cookies? Wait!! Aren’t you on keto? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Trying to shed those extra pounds? Try the keto diet! This low carb, high fat diet deprives your body of glucose. So your body starts burning its fat reserves. Let’s be
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A spoonful of sugar helps the blood vessels take form! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Many patients wait for years for a donor organ. If they get lucky? They’ll have to take medication to prevent rejection for the rest of their lives. These troubles
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