The natural sugar that reduces the risk of diabetes in mice

Sugar may be the villain of our time, with too much of the sweet stuff known to be a leading cause of developing diabetes. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered a new way to reduce the risk of this condition – sugar. Trehalose is a natural sugar that has now been found to deprive the liver of glucose and activate a gene that improves insulin sensitivity and triggers the burning of more fat.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Diabetes
• Insulin
• Liver disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Obesity
• Sugar
• Washington University in St. Louis

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