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Article: Moderate calorie restriction found to cause temporal changes in liver metabolism.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- May 6, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): A study on obese patients has revealed that moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, while moderate weight loss affects muscle.
Led by Dr. Samuel Klein of the Washington University School of Medicine, the study has also revealed that short-term calorie restriction (CR) with a low-carbohydrate diet caused a greater change in liver fat content and metabolic function than short-term CR with a high-carbohydrate diet.
The researcher points out that insulin resistance is the most common metabolic complication associated with obesity, and is associated with ...