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Data from S. Timmers et al provide new insights into life sciences

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, February 2nd, 2010

A report, 'Prevention of high-fat diet-induced muscular lipid accumulation in rats by alpha lipoic acid is not mediated by AMPK activation,' is newly published data in Journal of Lipid Research. According to recent research published in the Journal of Lipid Research, "Skeletal muscle triglyceride accumulation is associated with insulin resistance in obesity. Recently, it has been suggested that alpha lipoic acid (ALA) improves insulin sensitivity by lowering triglyceride accumulation in nonadipose tissues via activation of skeletal muscle AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)."

"We examined whether chronic ALA supplementation prevents muscular lipid...

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