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Effect of electroacupuncture and diet adjusting on insulin resistance in rats with nutrition obesity
- Source :
- Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine. 5:546-549
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine Press, 2007.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of electroacupuncture and diet adjusting on insulin resistance in rats with nutrition obesity, and the role of electroacupuncture and diet adjusting in the treatment of obesity. METHODS: Obesity was induced in rats by high-fat diet. Rats with nutrition obesity were randomly divided into high-fat diet (HD) group, high-fat diet plus electroacupuncture (HA) group, normal diet (ND) group and normal diet plus electroacupuncture (NA) group, with another group of SD rats as normal control (NC). After 15 days, all the rats' body weight and length were measured, the Lee's index was calculated, and the levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), free fatty acid (FFA), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), fasting insulin (FINS) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were detected. RESULTS: Compared with the HD group, food intake, body weight and viscera fat weight of the rats with nutrition obesity in the HA group and the NA group were markedly reduced (P
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Normal diet
Electroacupuncture
medicine.medical_treatment
Fasting insulin
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Insulin resistance
Blood serum
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Insulin
Obesity
chemistry.chemical_classification
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
business.industry
Fatty acid
medicine.disease
Diet
Rats
Endocrinology
Complementary and alternative medicine
chemistry
Insulin Resistance
business
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- ISSN :
- 16721977
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....deb18c967c14046b9fafcffe7bea8be2