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Can “low calorie”-oil enhance the secretion of incretin hormones with beneficial effects on diabetic patients?

Time courses for plasma GLP-1 following ingestion of olive oil and carrot (squares), C4-dietary oil and carrot (circles) and carrot alone (crosses).

When the human body digests dietary fat (triacylglycerol), hormones from the intestine called incretins are released from the small intestine. These hormones stimulate insulin release and inhibit food intake. The mechanism for the fat-induced incretin release involves