In recent research, researchers have found that oleic acid, a natural compound found in olives, lowers blood sugar levels and promotes weight loss.
According to media reports, the above discovery may lead to the availability of safe and affordable natural products for the management of obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans.
In a study conducted on rats, mice given linoleic acid orally for just one week lost significantly more weight and had better blood sugar control than before treatment.
The sugar-lowering effectiveness of linoleic acid has been found to be better than that of injectable diabetes drugs and metformin.
However, given the poor availability of many natural products, the team decided to focus on targeting metabolic hormone secretion to indirectly regulate metabolic function in the human body.
