Resveratrol May Help Reduce Body Fat

USURBIL, The Basque CountryIncorporating resveratrol into a low-calorie diet may help reduce body fat and combat obesity, according to new research from the University of the Basque Country.

Researcher Arrate Lasa studied the fat-reducing effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) and resveratrol on laboratory hamsters fed a low-calorie diet. According to the findings, CLA did not increase weight or body fat loss and did not induce greater lipolysis or improvement in serum parameters in glucose homeostasis or insulin function to any greater extent than with the slimming diet itself. However, resveratrol reduced the accumulation of triglycerides, in part by activation of lipolysis, in both the adipocytes of mice and of humans.