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Copepod Wax Esters: Novel Fat Loss Supplement?

Studies on mice show that crude oil extracted from the planktonic copepod Calanus finmarchicus is beneficial at preventing diet induced obesity. In particular, mice fed an obesogenic diet were protected from abdominal obesity, hepatic steatosis, inflammation and insulin resistance by … Continue reading

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