Zhang et al. use human studies and mechanistic work in mouse models to describe how leucine serves as the key amino acid derived from dietary protein to drive deleterious macrophage mTORC1 signalling and promote cardiovascular disease.
Something my brother is intimately familiar with. He was on Atkins until he had a mini stroke, and now he’s got an irregular heartbeat and swollen toes.
Didn’t learn his lesson about fad diets, though. Now he’s on one that is supposed to fix the damage done by Atkins.
Something my brother is intimately familiar with. He was on Atkins until he had a mini stroke, and now he’s got an irregular heartbeat and swollen toes.
Didn’t learn his lesson about fad diets, though. Now he’s on one that is supposed to fix the damage done by Atkins.