The research group of Li Yixue and Lin Xu of the Institute of Nutrition and Health has made progress in the research on the structure and function of the intestinal flora and the improvement of blood lipids.

September 23, 2021, the authority of the International Journal of Nutrition, "Clinical Nutrition" ( Clinical Nutrition ) published online Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health Research Group Li Yi, Lin Xu Innovation Center research group and scientific excellence in molecular and cellular research group had Rong The latest research result of the collaboration "Effects of gut microbiota and fatty acid metabolism on dyslipidemia following weight-loss diets in women: Results from a randomized controlled trial"

In recent years, the intestinal flora, as the "super organ" of the human body, has become a research hotspot in metabolic diseases

In a 12-week full meal intervention study conducted by Lin Xu’s research group in overweight or obese women, it was found that low-carbohydrate diets (LC group, 40-50% E fat, <40% E carbohydrates) and energy-restricted The traditional high-carbohydrate diet (CR group, 55% E carbohydrate, 35% energy restriction) has similar effects in reducing body weight and body fat content, but only the LC diet can significantly improve high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).

Researcher Li Yixue, researcher Lin Xu, and researcher Zeng Rong of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are the co-corresponding authors of the paper.

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