Eating Delicious Fat Without Fear? The secret It's on A Mutant Worms

It seems impossible to freely eat sweets and fatty foods, but the body can stay slim. But science makes everything else possible. A mutant worms showed how antidotes fat. A study led by Sean Curran of the USC Davis School of Gerontology and the Keck School of Medicine of USC finding that secret in an experiment. Worm Caenorhabditis elegans that have been genetically modified to be involved in the experiment. These worms are not overweight even given a diet that contains a lot of sugar. For comparison, the normal worms are also given the same diet and was predictable, normal worms are becoming obese due to excess calories. "A diet high in sugar is eaten worm is similar to the Western diet that in humans," said Curran, quoted from EurekAlert, Tuesday (10/07/2014). Western diet is a kind of high-calorie foods include burgers, fries, and soda. These findings reveal that the presence of a mutation in a gene called 'hyperactive SKN-1 gene' could inhibit the formation of fat in the body. That is, foods with high calories do not make any of this worm fat. The good news, a similar genetic pathways are also possessed by humans. In humans, gene SKN-1 protein known as Nrf2. This protein mengntrol cell's ability to remove toxins and repair the damage caused by exposure to reactive oxygen chemically. For health and medical information, visit UKDI.net