Weight Loss
Triglyceride reduction enhances insulin action after weight loss
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 28th, 2003
"The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that weight loss results in a reduction in intramuscular lipid (IMCL) content that is concomitant with enhanced insulin action," scientists in the United States relate.
"Muscle biopsies were obtained from morbidly obese individuals [body mass index (BMI) 52.2±2.5 kg/m2; n=6] before and after gastric bypass surgery, an intervention that improves insulin action," reported Robert E. Gray and collaborators at East Carolina University. "With intervention, there was a 47% reduction...
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