Two Dietary Oils, Two Sets Of Benefits For Older Women With Diabetes

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 11:35 in Health & Medicine

A study comparing how two common dietary oil supplements affect body composition suggests that both oils, by themselves, can lower body fat in obese postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes. The two oils compared were safflower oil, a common cooking oil, and conjugated linoleic acid, a compound naturally found in some meat and dairy products that has been associated with weight loss in previous studies.

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