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New Research on Diabetes from Mayo Clinic Summarized

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 27th, 2012

2012 FEB 27 -- "We measured subcutaneous adipose tissue free fatty acid (FFA) storage rates in postprandial and walking conditions to better understand the contributions of this pathway to body fat distribution. Palmitate tracers were infused intravenously and fat biopsies collected to measure palmitate storage in upper- (UBSQ) and lower-body subcutaneous (LBSQ) fat in 41 (17 men) and 40 (16 men) volunteers under postprandial and under postabsorptive walking conditions, respectively," scientists in Rochester, Minnesota report.

"Postprandial palmitate storage was greater in women than men in UBSQ (0.50 +/- 0.25 vs. 0.33 +/- 0.37 mu mol. kg fat(-1). min(-1);...

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