Research
Macro partitioning
Enhancing autophagy through genetic or pharmacological means improves glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and resistance to obesity in high-fat diet models.
Boosting your body's natural cleanup processes (autophagy) can help you stay lean and sensitive to insulin, even if you eat a high-fat diet. This suggests that maintaining cellular health through fasting or exercise is as important as the food you eat.
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ubiquitous and moderate overexpression of Atg5 in mice, resulting in increased autophagy, leads to a leaner phenotype, an increased glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, and resistance to age-induced obesity
Why this rating
Supported by multiple genetic mouse models (Atg5-Tg, TFEB-Tg) showing consistent metabolic benefits.
Source
The mTOR–Autophagy Axis and the Control of Metabolism
Nerea Deleyto-Seldas et al. · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2021
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