Broccoli powered weight loss: Scientists from the National University, Republic of Korea identify PPAR-gamma and AMPK as the main targets of the anti-obesogenic effects of the isothiocyanate sulforaphane. When the scientists fed mice a high fat diet with or without 0.1% sulforaphane for 6 weeks. The observed # a 1% reduction in food efficacy from ~11% to ~10% # attenuated HFD-induced visceral adiposity, adipocyte hypertrophy, and fat accumulation in the liver # lower cholesterol and leptin levels # lower liver triglyceride levels and the already mentioned decreases in PPAR-gamma and increases in AMPK (learn more: suppversity/2013/10/maintain-increase-your-insulin.html) Broccoli is obviously not the only cruciferous vegetables that contains sulforaphane. Whether simply feeding their rodents brussels sprouts or cabbages (or even broccoli) would have had similarly pronounced anti-obesity effects as the supplemental sulforaphane is questionable, anyway - regardless of the food source. suppversity References: Choi, Kyeong-Mi, et al. Sulforaphane attenuates obesity by inhibiting adipogenesis and activating the AMPK pathway in obese mice. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry (2013).
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 06:17:22 +0000
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