Diabetes Control
Caloric restriction ameliorates oxidative and inflammatory effects of diabetes in the brain
Published in Diabetes Week, October 23rd, 2006
"There is a strong association between oxidative stress and inflammation in the pathologies of diabetes. Recent evidence suggests that these phenomena could impair brain function," scientists in the United States report.
N.H. Ugochukwu and colleagues at Florida A&M University investigated "the potential role of dietary caloric restriction in ameliorating the effects of both oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain of streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats. Forty male Wistar rats were subjected to 30% caloric restriction (20 animals) and ad...
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