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| − | <big>''' | + | <big>'''Breath, not blood: device measures fat burning in exhaled air'''</big> |
| − | <br />Researchers have | + | <br />Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a portable measuring device that detects the metabolic marker acetone in breath almost as accurately as a mass spectrometer. It can be used by laypeople and detects when the body starts burning fat when dieting or during exercise. |
| − | + | Thanks to a smartphone app that guides test subjects in real time, the hand-held device can also be used reliably by non-experts. | |
| − | + | In future, this should allow diets and therapies for metabolic disorders to be more closely monitored and personalised. <small>([https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/07/press-release-breath-not-blood-device-measures-fat-burning-in-exhaled-air.html More])</small> | |
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