A team of Canadian scientists have discovered that naringenin, a flavonoid found in citrus fruit, and especially grapefruit, makes the liver burn fat instead of storing it after a meal. (This chemical compound also gives grapefruit its bitter taste.)
Potentially, without having to change diets or cut out particular foods, a dose of naringenin could prevent weight gain and even help to lose it.
Two groups of mice were both fed the equivalent of a Western diet to speed up their “metabolic syndrome” – the process which leads to Type 2 diabetes in humans.
Further information at the Diabetes UK website…
No comments yet.