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“These findings suggest that okra helps protect against long-term metabolic harm caused by early overfeeding in early life. Breastfeeding also helps support a normal body weight and metabolism. Learn more in our overview article.”

“The first cohort consisted of healthy young adult males (average age, 19 years) who expressed intention to fast during the month of Ramadan according to Islamic law, which dictates 30 days of fasting from dawn to sunset (approximately 16 hours in this study).”

“Here’s an interesting report that didn't make it into this issue of the Digest. Fructose metabolism is a survival mechanism that drives nutritional intake, reduces resting metabolism, promotes fat and glycogen storage, and induces insulin resistance to preserve the brain's glucose supply.”

“Daily consumption of beverages sweetened with fructose and sucrose, but not glucose, led to a twofold increase in the production of free fatty acids in the liver. Fructose intake did not increase triglyceride production in the liver or whole-body fat metabolism.”

“A metabolic byproduct of sugar metabolism called methylglyoxal has been linked to age-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. People that were fasted for one night and had higher levels of acetoacetate also had higher levels of a compound called 3-HHD which forms through the detoxification process of methylglyoxal.”

“The metabolome signature identified here appears to be a more sensitive biomarker for health because it is able to identify the metabolically healthy obese and unhealthy individuals with a normal BMI.”

“Higher protein content also increased SLC25A51, a cellular protein involved in the transport of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). NAD+ participates in many aspects of metabolism, and its depletion has been implicated in the onset and progression of metabolic dysregulation.”

“After eating a breakfast meal consisting of buttermilk biscuits with unsalted butter and apple jelly, scrambled eggs, and honeydew melon balls, the participants drank a beverage containing 25 grams of freeze-dried blueberries (roughly equivalent to 1 cup of fresh berries) and some flavoring agents.”

“FTA: > For people with metabolic syndrome, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts may help reverse the condition, indicate findings from a clinical trial.”

“More than a third of adults living in the United States have metabolic syndrome, a constellation of conditions that includes abdominal (central) obesity, high blood pressure, high fasting plasma glucose, high serum triglycerides, and low high-density lipoprotein levels.”