• Diets differing in carbohydrate cellularity and amount similarly reduced visceral fat in people with obesity - a randomized controlled trial (CARBFUNC) 

      Sommersten, Cathrine Horn; Laupsa-Borge, Johnny; Andersen, Amanda Iselin Olesen; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Holmefjord, Mari-Anna Frydenlund; Revheim, Ingrid; Johannessen, Kristine Kjerpeseth; Næsheim, Nicole Tandrevold; Storås, Inghild; Leikanger, Trine; Amundsen, Kristin; Skjerve, Karoline Lyngstad; Lawrence-Archer, Laurence; Spjelkavik, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Lindseth, Inge Andreas; Dierkes, Jutta; Mellgren, Gunnar; Dankel, Simon N (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background & aims: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume is associated with common lifestyle diseases. Dietary quality, including food matrix and degree of carbohydrate cellularity, as well as the carbohydrate/fat ratio, ...
    • Metabolic role of the hepatic valine/3-hydroxyisobutyrate (3-HIB) pathway in fatty liver disease 

      Bjune, Mona Synnøve; Dyer, Laurence; Laupsa-Borge, Johnny; Sommersten, Cathrine Horn; McCann, Adrian; Glastad, Robert Clay; Johnston, Iain; Kern, Matthias; Blüher, Matthias; Mellgren, Gunnar; Dankel, Simon N (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: The valine (branched-chain amino acid) metabolite 3-hydroxyisobutyrate (3-HIB), produced by 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA Hydrolase (HIBCH), is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, but implicated ...