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Keto Diet Slashes Metabolic Syndrome Health Risks.

In 2025, Jiping Chen and Jiawei Yao from Shandong University and Guangdong Vocational Academy of Art reviewed how the ketogenic diet (KD)—low-carb, high-fat—helps manage metabolic syndrome (MetS), a mix of high blood pressure, high sugar, big waist, high triglycerides (TG), and low good cholesterol (HDL). They looked at how KD boosts ketone bodies like β-hydroxybutyrate (β-BHB) to burn fat, improve insulin use, fix lipid levels, and cut swelling.

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4:3 Intermittent Fasting Curbs Hunger During Weight Loss.

In 2025, Matthew J. Breit and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus did a secondary look at a 12-month trial with 36 adults trying to lose weight. They compared two groups: one cut calories every day, the other did 4:3 intermittent fasting (normal eating 4 days, low calories 3 days). They tracked eating habits, hunger feelings, and hormones like ghrelin (hunger signal) and leptin (fullness signal) at start, 3 months, and 12 months using surveys and blood tests.

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Olive Oil Reduces Weight Gain and Brain Inflammation By 30%.

In 2025, Lucas Santos and a team from Brazil studied Wistar rats fed a high-fat diet from weaning to mimic obesity. They split them into four groups: standard diet, standard diet with extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), high-fat diet, and high-fat diet with EVOO. They checked body weight, blood sugar, satiety, and brain inflammation markers in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.

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Minimally Processed Foods Double Weight Loss.

In 2025, Samuel J. Dicken and a team from University College London ran a trial with 55 adults. They split people into two groups: one ate minimally processed foods like overnight oats or homemade spaghetti Bolognese for eight weeks, then switched to ultra-processed foods like breakfast bars or ready meals after a break.

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