It’s a mouthful but Fibroblast Growth Factor Binding protein 3 (FBFBP3) could be a key to weight loss. The clever scientist at Georgetown university believe so in their recently published paper.

BP3 modulates fat and glucose metabolism and is a key link to enhancing the endocrine FGF which controls their metabolism. By controlling the level of BP3 the scientist were able to switch the mice in the experiment to burning fat and glucose instead of storing it.

They suggested that it could be a new method for controlling metabolic syndrome which is responsible for non alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes.

You can view the article: https://goo.gl/6mH3Nv

It’s not the most likely combination to help reverse Alzheimer’s like symptoms, but two compounds found in green tea and carrots has been shown to work in a mouse study.

The compounds were EGCG’s (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) from green tea and ferulic acid found in carrots.

Alzheimers progression is characterised by amyloid beta forming, clogging up the brain. The author found that supplementing the mice with these compounds returned the mice predisposed to Alzheimer’s like symptoms to the same as their normal counterparts within 3 months.

The dose was equivalent to 2g per day each of EGCG’s and Ferulic acid, for an average adult. Anyone considering this approach should proceed with caution, as mouse studies don’t always translate to humans and high levels of EGCG’s can cause liver problems.

If you would like to read the article follow the link to: http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2018/12/18/jbc.RA118.004280.full.pdf