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The 'Invisible Hand of Metabolism' illustrates unregulated behavior of cells affecting physiological states.
Understanding cellular behavior can help in developing strategies for obesity management.
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The 'Invisible Hand of Metabolism' illustrates how physiologic states such as body and fat mass and blood glucose levels arise from the unregulated, uncontrolled, yet competitive behavior of trillions of semi-autonomous cells.
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Body and Fat mass are not Regulated, Controlled, or Defended: An introduction to the Invisible Hand’ and ‘Competition’ Models of Metabolism
Edward Archer et al. · Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases · 2022
DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.003
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