Anthropometric and Biochemical Correlations of Insulin Resistance in a Middle-Aged Maltese Caucasian Population
CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that LAP, VAI, TG, and WC all have good discriminatory power in detecting IR in both men and women. The optimal cutoffs for TG and WC were lower than those currently recommended in both sexes. Replication studies are required in different subpopulations and different ethnicities in order to be able to update the current cut points to ones which reflect the contemporary population as well as to evaluate their longitudinal relationship with longer-term cardiometabolic outcomes.PMID:38420511 | PMC:PMC10901578 | DOI:10.1155/2024/5528250 (Source: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism)
Source: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism - February 29, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Rachel Agius Nikolai Paul Pace Stephen Fava Source Type: research

Efficacy of Hot Tea Infusion vs. Ethanolic Extract of < em > Moringa oleifera < /em > for the Simultaneous Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Hyperlipidemia, and Hyperglycemia in a Murine Model Fed with a High-Fat Diet
J Nutr Metab. 2024 Feb 12;2024:2209581. doi: 10.1155/2024/2209581. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTMoringa oleifera (MO) is a native tree of Asia and is cultivated in some areas of Mexico as part of traditional horticulture. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of MO infusion vs. MO ethanolic extract for the simultaneous treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD), hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia in a murine model fed with a high-fat diet (HFD). BALB/c mice were fed a balanced diet (healthy control) or an HFD for 6 months. With this, the NAFLD model was established before starting a therapeutic interventio...
Source: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism - February 20, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Salma I Cortes-Alvarez Ivan Delgado-Enciso Alejandrina Rodriguez-Hernandez Gustavo A Hernandez-Fuentes Nomely S Aurelien-Cabezas Norma A Moy-Lopez Nadia Y Cortes-Alvarez Jorge Guzman-Mu ñiz Jose Guzman-Esquivel Iram P Rodriguez-Sanchez Margarita L Martin Source Type: research