Relatore: Professor Bruno OSIMO - Bruno Osimo, traduzioni ...

APPENDICE: IL TESTO DI RIFERIMENTO PER GLI ESEMPI
Stay slim – eat garlic
Everyone knows that eating fatty foods is no good for you, especially if
you have a dicky heart. However, the search for a miracle drug that could
safely mop all the excess fats has been somewhat difficult… but could garlic
come to the rescue?
O. Sodimu, P. Joseph and K. Augusti at the University of Maidugari in
Nigeria, fed an exceptionally fatty diet to rats. Not surprisingly, the
creatures accumulated cholesterol in their blood, liver and kidneys. But
adding garlic oil to the same high-fat diet prevented the rise in the fatty
constituents: cholesterol, triglycerides, and total lipids (Experientia, vol 40, p
5).
How does the garlic work? The authors speculate that it knocks out
some of the key enzymes involved in making fatty acid or cholesterol.
Alternatively, garlic may nobble the energy-carrying compound NADPH
(nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hybride), which is
necessary for making lipids.
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