Are you facing challenges in losing weight? Increasing metabolism could be a good solution.

Millions of people around the world suffer from Type 1 diabetes and doctors at the University of Miami Health System are hoping that a new procedure will change the way diabetes is treated. Wendy Peacock has suffered from Type 1 diabetes for most of her adult life. She said her diabetes became so bad that she could no longer live alone and take care of her 5-year-old son. She said her blood sugar would drop so quickly that it would force her to lose consciousness.

By getting volunteers to live in a sleep lab for more than a month, researchers hope to unravel the effects of chronic sleep debt and circadian rhythm gone awry. Humans are wired to be awake during the day and sleep at night, but millions of Americans defy biology to pull the graveyard shift. Hospital employees, firefighters and, increasingly, office workers all punch in for nighttime work. These nocturnal schedules appear to be one driver of the rising rates of obesity and metabolic disorders.

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are cramming a summer cookout into one burger.

The mocked "obesity excuse" of being born with a slow metabolism is actually true for some people, say researchers. A team at the University of Cambridge has found the first proof that mutated DNA does indeed slow metabolism.

 Is your metabolism like a snail? Do you blame the workings of a slow metabolism in your weight gain? Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. Even when you are resting, your body needs energy for breathing, circulating blood and repairing cells. The number of calories that your body is using for these basic functions is known as your basal metabolic rate. Lots of factors determine your basal metabolic rate