The results were encouraging: whereas the control rats (which received no alpha lipoic acid) had a weight gain of about 47% during those 14 weeks, the treated rats gained only about 18%; put another way, the treated rats wound up being about 20% lighter than the controls (no, not 29% lighter—the math doesn’t work that way). The weight loss was mostly in visceral fat, as revealed by CT scans of the rats’ bellies. This was accompanied by moderate reductions in their blood sugar and free fatty acid levels and by major reductions in their levels of insulin and leptin. (Leptin is a hormonal neurotransmitter produced by fat cells; it acts on receptors in the brain to regulate body weight and fat deposition.)
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