Alternating Diet as a Preventive and Therapeutic Intervention for High Fat Diet-induced Metabolic Disorder.

ABSTRACT: This study presents the alternating diet as a new strategy in combating obesity and metabolic diseases. Lean or obese mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for five days and switched to a regular diet for one (5 + 1), two (5 + 2), or five (5 + 5) days before switching back to HFD to start the second cycle, for a total of eight weeks (for prevention) or five weeks (for treatment) without limiting animals' access to food. Our results showed that animals with 5 + 2 and 5 + 5 diet alternations significantly inhibited body weight and fat mass gain compared to animals fed an HFD continuously. The dietary switch changed the pattern of daily caloric intake and suppressed HFD-induced adipose macrophage infiltration and chronic inflammation, resulting in improved insulin sensitivity and alleviated fat

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4870701 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature