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lipoPlastic surgeon from Beverly Hils carried 7,000 liposuctions …

California authorities have launched an investigation against a plastic surgeon from Beverly Hils, which claims that he use lard  removed with liposuction from the body of customers as “ecological” fuel for his car.

Ministry of Health opened an investigation in order to assess the accuracy of allegations doctor Alan Bitner that “recycled” of grease in biodiesel.

Dr. Bitner on his website lipodiesel.com wrote that the great majority of his clients asked to use their grease as fuel and that “it is more than you need.”

“Not only unique way to get rid of their pad on their loins, and rounded belly, but contribute to the preservation of the planet,” he emphasizes.

American magazine “Forbs” wrote to Dr. Bitner use “lipofuel” for the “Ford Explorer”, as well as for car of his fiance.

Its not known which way the surgeon transformed its clients fat in the fuel. He claims that he carried 7,000 liposuctions, according to the writing of “forbs, one room gallons (about four-liter) can be obtained gallon of fuel.

In the United States is prohibited by law to use human medical waste as fuel.

After starting the investigation, the authorities are close Bitner’s site on the Internet, as well as his clinic.

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fatDuring the study samples are processed to take more than one thousand people, in order to determine the smallest genetic changes …

Scientists have found seven new genetic variations that suggest that the human brain to a considerable extent, affect the problem of obesity.

Results of two international studies, published in the magazine “Nature Genetics, showed that the brain has a dominant role in the control of appetite and obesity can not be explained solely metabolic processes, transmits the BBC.

During the study samples are processed to take more than one thousand people, in order to determine the smallest genetic changes. Many of seven key alternatives for more weight are active in the brain.

This could mean that the impact of the brain to appetite and habits of nourishment greater than the influence of genetic variations that regulate the ability of the body to gathering or burning fat.

Doctor Alan Gatmaher, from the American Institute for human genome research, said that the investigations are a big step forward in understanding the ways in which the human body regulates its weight.

Professor Peter Vajsberg from the British heart Foundation believes that this can not be an explanation for the current spread of obesity, because these genes “were present for centuries, and the epidemic of obesity is relatively new phenomenon.”

Almost every fourth person in the UK have too much weight, and experts predict that this percentage will continue to grow dramatically.

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