THE EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM FASTING ON LIVER AND SKELETAL MUSCLE LIPID, GLUCOSE, AND ENERGY METABOLISM IN HEALTHY WOMEN AND MEN

The effect of short-term fasting on liver and skeletal muscle lipid, glucose, and energy metabolism in healthy women and men

Fasting promotes triglyceride (TG) accumulation in lean tissues of some animals, but the effect in humans is unknown.Additionally, fasting lipolysis is sexually dimorphic in humans, suggesting that lean tissue TG accumulation and metabolism may differ between women and men.This study investigated lean tissue TG content and metabolism in women and m

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Methodological constraints in interpreting serum paraoxonase-1 activity measurements: an example from a study in HIV-infected patients

Abstract Background Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is an antioxidant enzyme that attenuates the production of the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in vitro.Although oxidation and inflammation are closely related processes, the association between PON1 and MCP-1 has not been completely characterised due, probably, to that the current use of syntheti

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The 19th-century missionary encounters with the Batswana people in South Africa: An intersectional-decolonial approach

Missionary encounters were often characterised by shifting and multilinear intents within the broader global spaces.In Africa, the 19th-century missionary encounter happened concomitantly within the nexus of Christianisation, colonisation, and civilisation agendas.Succinctly put, missionaries sent by the London Missionary Society Pastry Bags who ca

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