Dana T Goldberg, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Gal Tsaban, Ehud Rinott, Alon Kaplan, Hila Zelicha, Nora Klöting, Uta Ceglarek, Berend Iserman, Ilan Shelef, Philip Rosen, Matthias Blüher, Michael Stumvoll, Ohad Etzion, Meir J Stampfer, Frank B Hu, Iris Shai
OBJECTIVE: We demonstrated in the randomized 18-month DIRECT PLUS trial (n=294) that a Mediterranean (MED) diet, supplemented with polyphenol-rich Mankai duckweed, green tea, and walnuts and restricted in red/processed meat, caused substantial intrahepatic fat (IHF%) loss compared with two other healthy diets, reducing NAFLD by half, regardless similar weight loss. Here, we investigated the baseline proteomic profile associated with IHF% and the changes in proteomics associated with IHF% changes induced by lifestyle intervention...
March 27, 2024: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases