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When triglyceride emulsions like Intralipid are delivered directly into the intestine, they may cause minor damage to the intestinal lining, which is detected by a delayed release of LDH during...
Sodium oleate damages the intestines because of its surface-active chemical properties, not because of how the body breaks it down. Oleic acid, which the body processes the same way, does not cause...
When rats consume sodium oleate, they learn to avoid the taste of it, suggesting the compound causes a physiological discomfort similar to illness, not just fullness. Free oleic acid does not produce...
In rats, a specific fatty acid delivered directly into the intestine reduces eating not because it signals fullness, but because it damages the intestinal tissue, which also triggers an aversion to...
When sodium oleate is introduced directly into the intestines of rats, it causes measurable damage to the intestinal lining, shown by higher levels of lactate dehydrogenase and leakage of Evans blue...
After eating a meal high in carbohydrates, men with overweight or obesity process glucose for energy less efficiently than men with normal body weight.
Men who are overweight or obese tend to have higher levels of homocysteine in their blood after an overnight fast compared to men with normal weight. Eating meals high in fat or carbohydrates causes...
Men who have overweight or obesity tend to have higher levels of triglycerides in their blood after fasting and after eating, compared to men with normal body weight, no matter whether they eat a...
Men who are overweight or obese release more insulin after eating a high-fat meal than men with normal weight, even when their blood sugar levels rise the same amount, suggesting differences in how...
In men with overweight or obesity, eating a single meal high in fat leads to higher levels of triglycerides and homocysteine in the blood after eating than eating a meal with the same number of...
When mother rats eat a diet high in linoleic acid, their male offspring show higher levels of certain brain phospholipid markers compared to female offspring, suggesting that the sex of the offspring...
When female rats consume a diet high in linoleic acid during pregnancy and lactation, their adult male and female offspring show elevated levels of testosterone in the blood, with males having higher...
Rats fed a diet high in linoleic acid after birth show increased levels of two specific endocannabinoid molecules in their blood as adults. Female rats start with higher baseline levels of these...
When rats are fed a diet high in linoleic acid after birth, their adult brains show a lower ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, with a more pronounced effect in females, which may affect brain...
When mother rats consume a diet high in linoleic acid, their male offspring show changes in brain fat composition, including increases in arachidonic acid and certain plasmalogen markers, and...
In people with obesity, fat tissue does not increase the activity of two key enzymes—HSL and LPL—after eating, which may lead to abnormal fat processing in the blood and a higher chance of developing...
In rats with a form of PCOS induced by testosterone and insulin resistance, a diet lower in carbohydrates and higher in protein for 20 days was linked to lower levels of two inflammatory markers,...
In rats with a lab-induced form of PCOS, blood levels of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) were similar to those in healthy rats, indicating that the PCOS induction method did not increase AGEs...
In rats with a laboratory-induced form of PCOS, the level of a specific inflammatory marker called IL-6 in the blood was not higher than in rats without PCOS, when both groups ate the same diet.
In rats with a form of polycystic ovary syndrome induced by testosterone and insulin resistance, a diet lower in carbohydrates and higher in protein for 20 days lowered levels of Advanced Glycation...
In rats with a condition mimicking PCOS and insulin resistance, a diet lower in carbohydrates and higher in protein for 20 days lowered levels of the inflammatory marker interleukin-6 compared to a...
In people who have had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and have cancer spread to the liver, low levels of stored glucose in the liver are linked to episodes of low blood sugar after meals and during...
In patients who have had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and have liver metastases, medications called somatostatin analogues do not lower low blood sugar levels, even though insulin levels are...
In patients who have had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and have liver metastases, low blood sugar in the early morning was not caused by fasting overnight, because blood sugar stayed above 70...