The Anti-Obesity Effect of Instant Pu-Erh Black Tea in Mice with Hydrogenated Oil Diet-Induced Obesity

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 5248-5251
Author(s):  
Ming Lian ◽  
Yu Fang Jiang ◽  
Shi Dong Lv ◽  
Yi Long He ◽  
Jiang Sheng Zhou ◽  
...  

Obesity is becoming a worldwide epidemic disease, and the incidence is increasing year by year. Drinking tea has been demonstrated to have multiple beneficial effects to obese patients. This article tested the effect of instant Pu-erh black tea on weight loss in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. The results demonstrated that instant Pu-erh black tea was be able to reduce the mouse weight dose-dependently. Its effect is stronger than that of L-carnitine, a weight loss drug currently on the market. Instant Pu-erh black tea also accelerated lipid metabolism and eased the high-fat diet-induced liver injury.

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 5239-5243
Author(s):  
Ming Lian ◽  
Yu Fang Jiang ◽  
Shi Dong Lv ◽  
Yi Long He ◽  
Jiang Sheng Zhou ◽  
...  

Obesity has become a fast growing epidemic in developing countries, as well as in some of the developing countries. Drinking Chinese tea has been demonstrated to have multiple beneficial effects to obese patients. It showed strong effect in reducing body fat and lowering blood sugar. This article tested the effect of instant Pu-erh ripe tea on weight loss in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. The results demonstrated that instant Pu-erh ripe tea was be able to reduce the mouse weight dose-dependently. Its effect is stronger than that of L-carnitine, a weight loss drug currently on the market. Instant Pu-erh ripe tea also accelerated lipid metabolism and eased the high-fat diet-induced liver injury.


Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2341
Author(s):  
Conner W. Wallace ◽  
Nari S. Beatty ◽  
Sarah A. Hutcherson ◽  
Heather A. Emmons ◽  
Madison C. Loudermilt ◽  
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Diet-induced obesity reduces dopaminergic neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), and stressful weight loss interventions could promote cravings for palatable foods high in fat and sugar that stimulate dopamine. Activation of κ-opioid receptors (KORs) reduces synaptic dopamine, but contribution of KORs to lower dopamine tone after dietary changes is unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the function of KORs in C57BL/6 mice that consumed a 60% high-fat diet (HFD) for six weeks followed by replacement of HFD with a control 10% fat diet for one day or one week. HFD replacement induced voluntary caloric restriction and weight loss. However, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry revealed no differences in baseline dopamine parameters, whereas sex effects were revealed during KOR stimulation. NAc core dopamine release was reduced by KOR agonism after one day of HFD replacement in females but after one week of HFD replacement in males. Further, elevated plus-maze testing revealed no diet effects during HFD replacement on overt anxiety. These results suggest that KORs reduce NAc dopamine tone and increase food-related anxiety during dietary weight loss interventions that could subsequently promote palatable food cravings and inhibit weight loss.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 2693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Maiara Lopes Cardozo ◽  
Aline Carla Inada ◽  
Claudia Andrea Lima Cardoso ◽  
Wander Fernando de Oliveira Filiú ◽  
Bernardo Barcelar de Farias ◽  
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There are still controversies regarding the correlation between the beneficial effects for health and the administration of isolated compounds or crude extracts in therapeutic applications. Campomanesia xanthocarpa, found in the Brazilian Cerrado, demonstrated beneficial effects in metabolic disorders associated with obesity. We investigated the effects of Campomanesia xanthocarpa hydroethanolic extract and two isolated substances from the extract (S1 and S2) in a diet-induced obesity (DIO) model. Male Swiss mice were divided into five groups: (1) American Institute of Nutrition (AIN-93M) diet, (2) high-fat diet (HF), (3) HF supplemented with C. xanthocarpa hydroethanolic leaf extract at 100 mg/kg (HFE), (4) HF supplemented with S1 at 1 mg/kg (HFS1) and (5) HF supplemented with S2 at 1 mg/kg (HFS2). The HFS1, HFS2 and HFE groups did not present decreasing body weight or visceral adiposity gain. No differences in glycemic and lipid parameters, or in the expression of protein content in two cytokines, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10), were observed. Only the HFS1 group displayed decreased food intake. Even though substantial effects such as an improvement in obesity features or the metabolic and histological parameters promoted by S1, S2 and the extract were not observed, further investigations are necessary to evaluate the principal genes and protein expressions involved in regulating food behavior promoted by S1.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eveliina Tauriainen ◽  
Mira Luostarinen ◽  
Essi Martonen ◽  
Piet Finckenberg ◽  
Miia Kovalainen ◽  
...  

The potential of resveratrol to mimic beneficial effects of calorie restriction (CR) was investigated. We compared the effects of both CR (70% ofad libitumenergy intake) or resveratrol (2 g/kg or 4 g/kg food) on high-fat diet-induced obesity and fatty liver formation in C57Bl/6J mice, and we examined their effects on calorimetry, metabolic performance, and the expressions of inflammatory genes and SIRT proteins. We found that resveratrol with 4 g/kg dose partially prevented hepatic steatosis and hepatocyte ballooning and induced skeletal muscle SIRT1 and SIRT4 expression while other examined parameter were unaffected by resveratrol. In contrast, CR provided superior protection against diet-induced obesity and fatty liver formation as compared to resveratrol, and the effects were associated with increased physical activity and ameliorated adipose tissue inflammation. CR increased expressions of SIRT3 in metabolically important tissues, suggesting that the beneficial effects of CR are mediated, at least in part, via SIRT3-dependent pathways.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Maria Martins Bezerra Carvalho ◽  
José Delano Barreto Marinho Filho ◽  
Tiago Sousa de Melo ◽  
Ana Jérsia Araújo ◽  
Josiane da Silva Quetz ◽  
...  

Herbal compounds rich in triterpenes are well known to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism and to have beneficial effects on metabolic disorders. The present study investigated the antiobesity properties of resin fromProtium heptaphyllum(RPH) and the possible mechanisms in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks. Mice treated with RPH showed decreases in body weight, net energy intake, abdominal fat accumulation, plasma glucose, amylase, lipase, triglycerides, and total cholesterol relative to their respective controls, which were RPH unfed. Additionally, RPH treatment, while significantly elevating the plasma level of ghrelin hormone, decreased the levels of insulin, leptin, and resistin. Besides, HFD-induced increases in plasma levels of proinflammatory mediators TNF-α, IL-6, and MCP-1 were significantly lowered by RPH. Furthermore,in vitrostudies revealed that RPH could significantly inhibit the lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes (measured by Oil-Red O staining) at concentrations up to 50 μg/mL. These findings suggest that the antiobese potential of RPH is largely due to its modulatory effects on various hormonal and enzymatic secretions related to fat and carbohydrate metabolism and to the regulation of obesity-associated inflammation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 1768-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Samout ◽  
Amani Ettaya ◽  
Hafsia Bouzenna ◽  
Sana Ncib ◽  
Abdelfattah Elfeki ◽  
...  

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