June 22/Washington/Asian News International -- A new study has found that a diet rich in natural antioxidants may improve insulin resistance in obese adults.
"The beneficial effects of antioxidants are known, but we have revealed for the first time one of their biological bases of action-improving hormonal action in obese subjects with the metabolic syndrome," said principal author Antonio Mancini, MD, an endocrinology researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.