ArticleNutrients2018
Betaine Supplementation Enhances Lipid Metabolism and Improves Insulin Resistance in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet.
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- Association of Gut Microbiota-Related Metabolites and Type 2 Diabetes in Two Puerto Rican Cohorts.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Betaine on Reducing Body Fat-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Betaine Supplementation Improves 60 km Cycling Time Trial Performance and One-Carbon Metabolism in Cyclists During Recovery.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Lycium chinense Miller fruit extract lowers liver enzyme levels in subjects with mild hepatic dysfunction: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.European journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
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- Choline Metabolites, Hydroxybutyrate and HDL after Dietary Fiber Supplementation in Overweight/Obese Hypertensive Women: A Metabolomic Study.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- The effect of light supplementation on the changes in outer and inner fruit quality of different Selenicereus spp. cultivars.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026Article
- Exerkines in precision management of metabolic diseases.Chinese medical journal · 2026Review
- Prenatal Methyl Nutrient Availability Shapes Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Circuitry and Systemic Inflammation in Wistar Rat Offspring of Both Sexes.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Article
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- Metabolomic Insights Into the Impact of a Maternal Western-Style Diet and Leptin Supplementation During Suckling on Adult Rat Offspring.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- Current Status and Future Perspectives of Betaine and Betaine-Based Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Advances in understanding the role of gut microbiota in fat deposition and lipid metabolism.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Betaine alleviates letrozole-induced polycystic ovarian syndrome in rats by regulating oxidative stress and inflammation and restoring the proliferation-apoptosis balance.Journal of ovarian research · 2025Article
- Improvement of glucocorticoid sensitivity and attenuation of pulmonary allergic reactions by exogenous supplementation with betaine in HDM and LPS-induced allergic mouse model.Clinical and translational allergy · 2025Article
- Nontargeted and targeted metabolic profile of metabolic syndrome patients: a study based on Yi and Han populations in Yunnan.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Betaine regulates the gut-liver axis: a therapeutic approach for chronic liver diseases.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Exercise-mimicking effects of betaine in chronic disease prevention and management.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Targeting the gut microbiota and lipid metabolism: potential mechanisms of natural products for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Association between dietary betaine intake and overweight or obesity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a major driver of metabolic diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, certain cancers, and insulin resistance. However, there are no effective drugs to treat obesity. Betaine is a nontoxic, chemically stable and naturally occurring molecule. This study shows that dietary betaine supplementation significantly inhibits the white fat production in a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. This might be due to betaine preventing the formation of new white fat (WAT), and guiding the original WAT to burn through stimulated mitochondrial biogenesis and promoting browning of WAT. Furthermore, dietary betaine supplementation decreases intramyocellular lipid accumulation in HFD-induced obese mice. Further analysis shows that betaine supplementation reduced intramyocellular lipid accumulation might be associated with increasing polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), fatty acid oxidation, and the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis in muscle. Notably, by performing insulin-tolerance tests (ITTs) and glucose-tolerance tests (GTTs), dietary betaine supplementation could be observed for improvement of obesity and non-obesity induced insulin resistance. Together, these findings could suggest that inhibiting WAT production, intramyocellular lipid accumulation and inflammation, betaine supplementation limits HFD-induced obesity and improves insulin resistance.
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