Rats given leptin injections had increased fat cell apoptosis (cell death) in both peripheral fat deposits and in bone marrow. The leptin pathway is more complicated in humans than in rats, but future drugs may be able to partially duplicate…
It is well known that the metabolic syndrome is accompanied by high blood triglycerides. But do high levels of these blood fats cause metabolic syndrome or are they a symptom of it? Rabbits bred to be hypertriglyceridemic had more visceral…
Menopausal women experience a shift in fat distribution from a female pear shape to a more male-like apple shape due to visceral fat accumulation. It has been speculated that a shift in androgen to estrogen ratio was a principal cause.…
ALT is a liver enzyme commonly measured in liver panel lab tests. It also appears to be a marker for insulin sensitivity. It is also a very cheap lab test, compared to oral GTT or HbA1C. An elevated ALT is…