The Claim

In spontaneously hypertensive rats, 4 days of detraining following 10 weeks of aerobic exercise was associated with a 28% reduction in plasma membrane GLUT4 expression in epididymal fat, but no significant change in serum RBP4 levels or insulin sensitivity.

Source: Short-Term Detraining does not Change Insulin Sensitivity and RBP4 in Rodents Previously Submitted to Aerobic Exercise

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

After 10 weeks of regular exercise, rats with high blood pressure stopped working out for just 4 days—and their fat cells showed less of a protein that helps move sugar into cells, but their blood sugar control and another blood marker didn’t change.

See the scientific wording

In spontaneously hypertensive rats, 4 days of detraining after 10 weeks of aerobic exercise was associated with a 28% reduction in plasma membrane GLUT4 expression in epididymal fat, but no significant change in serum RBP4 levels or insulin sensitivity.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Short-Term Detraining does not Change Insulin Sensitivity and RBP4 in Rodents Previously Submitted to Aerobic Exercise

    After 10 weeks of exercise, rats that stopped working out for just 4 days lost some of the exercise-induced improvement in a fat cell protein (GLUT4), but their blood sugar control and RBP4 levels stayed the same — just like the claim says.

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