Dietary leucine may fight prediabetes, metabolic syndrome

Dietary leucine may fight prediabetes, metabolic syndrome


A study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center suggests that adding the amino acid leucine to their diets may help those with pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome.
In an animal study, published in the journal PloS One, mice who had been on a high-fat diet and who also received twice the usual intake of leucine, an amino acid found in protein, showed reductions in their

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