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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeffrey D. Browning, Jeannie Baxter, Santhosh Satapati, Shawn C. Burgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520413744