Melatonin may help control weight gain and obesity associated prevent heart disease

Researchers have demonstrated University of Granada, that melatonin a natural hormone produced by the body helps control weight gain without reducing the intake of food, improved blood lipid profile as it reduces Triglicerids, increases the HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

Melatonin finds in small quantities in some fruit and vegetables as mustard, Goji berries, almonds, sunflower seeds, cardamom, fennel, coriander, and cherries. So the inclusion of this kind of food could help prevent heart disease weight gain and obesity and Dyslipidemia in the control.

Studies in rats

University of Granada researchers have in young sugar diabetic obese rats associated effects of melatonin on obesity, Dyslipidemia, and hypertension with obesity analyzed. Melatonin has been found that for young rats of advantage, which had not developed yet Methabolic or heart disease. Researchers believe that this melatonin could help in preventing heart disease, obesity and Dyslipidemia associated with.

Finally, authors, explain that if this statement is in the people management of melatonin and of food products confirms, melatonin may contain a useful tool for combating obesity and the risks that it associated with that.

A collaborative study

This study was partially financed and supported the research plan of the University of Granada, by the research group of CTS-109 (Junta de Andalucía), Spain and the Erasmus Mundus programme (European Council). Researchers of the Institute of neuroscience of the Department of Pharmacology of the Faculty of medicine, University of Granada this research service of the University Hospital of San Cecilio, Granada, the Department of Physiology and pharmacology of the University of Salamanca in collaboration with the clinical trial, the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Jordan and the service of Endocrinology hospital matttley III, Madrid.

The authors of this study are Miguel Navarro, Rosario Ruiz, sausan designs Abuamada, Yehia El-Mir and Gumersindo Fernández professors Ahmad Agil. Are you sure that in the light of the results obtained, a reduction of the conditions relating to obesity and diabetes (heart diseases in particular) can be expected, are good news, because these conditions reduce obese patients quality of life and life expectancy.

The results of this study appeared in the renowned Journal of pineal research.

Sources: University of Granada, AlphaGalileo Foundation.

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