Adding Intestinal Enzyme to Diets of Mice Appears to Prevent,Treat Metabolic Syndrome

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Feeding an intestinal enzyme to mice kept on a high-fat diet appears to prevent the development of metabolic syndrome -- a group of symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and fatty liver -- and to reduce symptoms in mice that already had the condition.

In their report published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Early Edition, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators describe how dietary supplementation with intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) reduced the inflammation believed to underlie metabolic syndrome by blocking a toxic molecule found on the surface of many bacteria.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408152902.htm
 
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