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starch. Thus, many if not all reported beneficial <strong>effects</strong> <strong>of</strong> fish oil intake might be diminishes or<br />

completely abrogated by a simultaneous intake <strong>of</strong> high GI carbohydrates.<br />

Insulin is the primary anabolic hormone promoting energy storage in the fed state and<br />

is an important driver for adipocyte differentiation (18). Of note, mice lacking insulin receptors in<br />

adipose tissue (FIRKO mice), <strong>are</strong> protected against obesity and remain glucose tolerant on a highfat<br />

diet (19). Further, white adipose tissue mass is dramatically reduced in Irs1 -/- Irs2 -/- doubleknockout<br />

mice (45). In contrast, mice lacking the insulin receptor in muscle (MIRKO mice) have<br />

increased glucose utilization in WAT (46), and exhibit a more than 50% increase in fat mass and<br />

adipocyte number (47). Similarly, mice overexpressing Slc2a4 (solute carrier family 2 (facilitated<br />

glucose transporter), member 4, GLUT4) (48) or Irs1 (20) in adipose tissue <strong>are</strong> obese. Finally,<br />

treating normal rats with insulin via osmotic minipumps increases Slc2a4 expression, glucose<br />

utilization and de novo <strong>fatty</strong> acid synthesis in adipose tissue, which <strong>are</strong> accompanied by weight gain<br />

and increased adipose tissue mass (49-51). <strong>The</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> insulin secretion and insulin levels in<br />

circulation is further supported by the finding that daily injections <strong>of</strong> insulin increases weight gain<br />

in transgenic mice expressing agouti in adipose tissue (52). Of note, unlike the traditional agouti<br />

mice, mice with transgenic expression <strong>of</strong> the agouti gene driven by the aP2 promoter do not get<br />

obese unless triggered by insulin (52). Transgenic mice treated with insulin gained significantly<br />

more weigh than their wild type littermates, and the authors suggested that the daily insulin<br />

treatment mimicked the hyperinsulinemia normally observed in mice expressing the agouti gene<br />

ubiquitously (52). Moreover, weight gain is a well recognized side effect <strong>of</strong> type 2 diabetic drugs<br />

that increase insulin sensitivity (53, 54). Together these observations suggest that hyperinsulinemia<br />

is a contributing factor to development <strong>of</strong> obesity and reducing hyperinsulinemia would thus<br />

possible counteract obesity development. In keeping with this view, inhibition <strong>of</strong> insulin secretion<br />

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