People who consumed the most caffeine (more than 480 mg, or four cups of coffee) and had a genetic predisposition for elevated eye pressure had a three-fold increased risk of developing glaucoma.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) generates heat to maintain body temperature. Increasing the protein perilipin 5 in BAT lowers blood sugar, increases insulin sensitivity, and reduces fatty liver disease in mice.

A study of 7,675 people from Australia finds that consuming two servings of daily fruit lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes by 36%. Fruit juice consumption did not show the same benefits.

Mice that are engineered to express high levels of the SIRT6 (sirtuin-6) gene show that an increased life expectancy by an average of 30% in both males and females.