Nutritional aspects of vegetable oils: Refined or unrefined?

F Hashempour‐Baltork, P Farshi… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, increase in a health‐conscious population, interest in the nutritional properties
and bioactive components of foods has also increased. Vegetable oils can be consumed in …

Effects of consumption of coconut oil or coconut on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional trials

CS Dhanasekara, A Nelson, M Spradley… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and aims The often purported claim that coconut fat is beneficial for
cardiovascular health and was disputed in several recent meta-analyses. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Extra virgin coconut oil (Cocos nucifera L.) exerts anti-obesity effect by modulating adiposity and improves hepatic lipid metabolism, leptin and insulin …

MHA de Vasconcelos, RL Tavares, EUT Junior… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Few studies have addressed the effect of extra virgin coconut oil (E-VCO) in obesity.
Therefore, this study investigated the anti-adiposity effect of E-VCO focusing on biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Coconut oil and medium-chain fatty acids attenuate high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice through increased thermogenesis by activating brown adipose tissue

Y Gao, Y Liu, X Han, F Zhou, J Guo, W Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coconut oil (CO) and its main ingredients, medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA), present many
benefits. Whether MCFA and CO play an equally valuable role in anti-obesity remains …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacophore study, molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation of virgin coconut oil derivatives as anti-inflammatory agent against COX-2

KS Jack, MRB Asaruddin, SA Bhawani - Chemical and Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Background Virgin coconut oil is mostly made up of saturated fatty acids in which
approximately 72% are medium chain triglycerides. Medium chain triglycerides can be …

High-refined carbohydrate diet alters different metabolic functions in female rats

JF Zanol, OMS Niño, CS da Costa, J Zimerman… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Elsevier
A diet containing refined carbohydrate (HCD) caused obesity and white adipose tissue
(WAT) abnormalities, but it is unclear if HCD is linked with other metabolic dysfunctions in …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effect of virgin coconut oil on osteopenia induced by high refined carbohydrate-containing diet in mice

MC Zicker, CC Montalvany-Antonucci, DR Lacerda… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Obesity leads to chronic low-grade inflammation, promoting detrimental effects
on bone. The consumption of virgin coconut oil (VCO) is associated with benefits related to …

Circulating oestradiol determines liver lipid deposition in rats fed standard diets partially unbalanced with higher lipid or protein proportions

L Oliva, M Alemany, JA Fernández-López… - British Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The ingestion of excess lipids often produces the accumulation of liver fat. The modulation of
diet energy partition affects this process and other metabolic responses, and oestrogens and …

Syzygium jambolanum Homeopathic Formulation Improves Diabetes Modulating Adipogenic Genes in Diet-Induced Obese Mice: Comparison to the Standard …

DC Moreira, VHD Guimarães… - Current Traditional …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Homeopathy is an alternative therapy that uses substance dilution. The
homeopathic preparation of Syzygium jambolanum (SJ) has a potential use in the treatment …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the physiological role of an obesity-linked gene variant

L Metcalfe - 2022 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Abstract An Arg457Gln missense variant in the CREBRF gene (encoding for Cyclic AMP
Response Element Binding Protein 3 Regulatory Factor) has previously been identified to …