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Animal study | Eat stinging nettles as a vegetable, and lose body fat
Study
The researchers did not use extract, but whole stinging nettles. They used young nettles, which they picked in the spring. Later in the year, Urtica dioica contain high concentrations of potentially toxic substances.
In addition, the researchers did not use the roots, and only leaves and stems. Especially the roots of stinging nettles contain active substances, which in the right amounts can be extremely healthy, but in too large amounts poisonous.
The researchers dried the nettles, then ground them into powder. If the mice had been humans, they would have eaten about 80-100 grams of stinging nettle per day. That's about the amount you eat when you eat nettles as a vegetable.
Results
Mechanism
FIAF becomes active when cells perceive fatty acids via PPAR. This hormone supports the breakdown of adipose tissues when the body needs energy, but it probably also plays a kind of protective role. FIAF prevents the heart and other vital organs from absorbing fatty acids. When organs absorb too much fatty acids, they become less sensitive to insulin.
In obesity, FIAF probably also plays a less pleasant role. The hormone then causes the concentration of triglycerides in the blood to increase. FIAF blocks the enzyme with which the cells cut fats into fatty acids and can then absorb them.
In muscles, physical activity deactivates FIAF. Perhaps, we speculate wildly and without significant know-how, stinging nettle consumption is twice as interesting when combined with exercise.
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