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Body fat reduced by protein hydrolysate in genetically obese rats

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 27th, 2006

Body fat is reduced by protein hydrolysate in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty rats.

"This study was performed to examine the effect of consumption of pork-liver protein hydrolysate (PLH) on body fat accumulation in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats as a noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus model and in Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats as a control," scientists in Japan report.

M. Shimizu and colleagues working with the Nippon Meat Packers explained, "Male 20-week-old OLETF and LETO rats were pair-fed either PLH or casein containing diet for 14 weeks."

They found, "In the OLETF rats, dietary PLH...

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