Insulin resistance lowers the levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), a protein that usually binds to testosterone and keeps it inactive. When SHBG levels drop, more active testosterone is available in the body. Additionally, high insulin levels can prompt the adrenal glands to produce more...
In these strains males appear to be at a disadvantage immunologically in that they have lower plasma immunoglobulin levels and lower specific immune responses than females of the same strains or males of low androgen responder strains, the A/J and the 129/J. The low immune status of these ...
A sex:sucrose interaction was also observed (p = 0.002), with males appearing to have a greater increase in energy expenditure than females after sucrose intake. Changes in physical activity did not explain the increase in energy expenditure observed following sucrose intake, as ambulatory ...
Obesity is a prominent risk factor for male infertility, and a high-fat diet is an important cause of obesity. Therefore, diet control can reduce body weight and regulate blood glucose and lipids, but it remains unclear whether it can improve male fertil
Subjects: Thirty-seven healthy females. Results: The high-vegetable diet provided 132 mg of hesperetin and 29 mg of naringenin. The low-vegetable diet contained no flavanones. The mean plasma hesperetin concentration increased from 12.2 nmol/l after the low-vegetable diet to 325 nmol/...
Maternal environmental exposures, such as high-fat diets, diabetes and obesity, can induce long-term effects in offspring. These effects include increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), depression an