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Acupuncture, Obesity & Nitric Oxide

Acupuncture, Obesity & Nitric Oxide

 

abstracted & translated by
Bob Flaws, L.Ac., FNAAOM (USA), FRCHM (UK)
Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, obesity, hypertension, nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is induced by inflammatory cytokines in skeletal muscle and fat, and it has been proposed that chronic NOS induction may cause muscle insulin resistance.[1] Hypertension is associated with [...]