visceral fat loss improves cognitive function
this is the second blog on the clinical effects of decreasing visceral fat, this one finding improved brain architecture and cognitive function (see visceral fat loss inc cognitive function NatCommunic2026 or doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71141-4 --a link to the last blog on cardiometabolic outcomes: https://gmodestmedblogs.blogspot.com/2026/07/visceral-fat-loss-is-sustained-long-term.html Details: -- this Follow-Interventions-Trials (FIT) project recruited 533 adults from four prior 18-24-month randomized clinical-trials assessing the effects of lifestyle changes on fat depots in the body -- DIRECT trial: 322 moderately obese participants randomly assigned to a diet of a low-fat restricted-calorie, a Mediterranean diet, a restricted-calorie diet, or a low carbohydrate but non-restricted-calorie diet, finding that the Mediterranean diet group had improved lipids, and those with diabetes had improved plasma glucose and insulin: https://www.nejm.org/doi/f...