The Claim

In adults with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, interindividual variability in the suppression of free fatty acid release by insulin and niacin is strongly coordinated, such that resistance to suppression by one agent is highly predictive of resistance to suppression by the other.

Source: Adipose Tissue Resistance to the Antilipolytic Effect of Insulin and Niacin in Humans With Obesity.

What the research says

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How it works
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In plain English

In people with obesity or type 2 diabetes, the way their bodies respond to insulin and niacin in suppressing free fatty acids varies from person to person, but those who do not respond well to one of these agents typically also do not respond well to the other.

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In adults with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, the suppression of free fatty acid release by insulin and niacin is highly variable between individuals, but this variability is strongly coordinated such that those resistant to one are nearly always resistant to the other.

Why this might work

In people with obesity or type 2 diabetes, the fat cells lose the ability to properly shut down fat breakdown, no matter whether the signal comes from insulin or niacin. This happens because the final control proteins that block fat release are broken, so even if the signals are different, they both fail to work.

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What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Adipose Tissue Resistance to the Antilipolytic Effect of Insulin and Niacin in Humans With Obesity.

    In people with obesity or diabetes, if their body doesn’t respond well to insulin stopping fat release, it also usually doesn’t respond well to niacin doing the same thing — even though the two work differently. The study found these responses are tightly linked from person to person.

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