Promising approach: Prevent diabetes with intermittent fasting

(Deutsches Zentrum fuer Diabetesforschung DZD) Intermittent fasting is known to improve sensitivity to the blood glucose-lowering hormone insulin and to protect against fatty liver. DZD scientists from DIfE have now discovered that mice on an intermittent fasting regimen also exhibited lower pancreatic fat. In their current study published in the journal Metabolism, the researchers showed the mechanism by which pancreatic fat could contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news