Med diet is not olive oil ad libitum...

Whole foods and wild foods can inhibit digestive enzymes and decrease the absorption process.

Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2013 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Inhibition of Key Enzymes Linked to Obesity by Preparations From Mediterranean Dietary Plants: Effects on α-Amylase and Pancreatic Lipase Activities.

Marrelli M, Loizzo MR, Nicoletti M, Menichini F, Conforti F.

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Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 8736, Rende, CS, Italy.

Abstract

One of the most important strategy in the treatment of obesity includes the development of nutrient digestion and absorption inhibitors. Inhibition of digestive enzymes is one of the most widely studied mechanisms used to determine the potential efficacy of natural products as hypolipidemic and hypoglycaemic agents. In vitro studies here reported were performed to evaluate the inhibitory activity of five species (as hydroalcoholic extracts) of edible plants from Calabria region (Italy) on amylase and lipase by monitoring the hydrolysis of p-NPC and the hydrolysis of glycoside bonds in digestible carbohydrate foods. The formulation obtained from Clematis vitalba L. exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect on pancreatic lipase (IC₅₀ = 0.99 mg/ml) and on α-amylase (IC₅₀ = 31.52 μg/ml). In order to explore metabolome production HPTLC analysis of the extracts was performed, revealing the predominance of (±)-catechin, caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid in C. vitalba formulation at concentration of 23.18 ± 3.14, 13.63 ± 0.65 and 18.88 ± 0.76 mg/g, respectively. GC/MS analysis was used to identify fatty acids and terpene composition.

http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/inhibition-of-key-enzymes-linked-to-obesity-by-preparations-from-mediterranean-dChGF9gyzq

https://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0030-1270924.pdf

Mini Rev Med Chem. 2010 Apr;10(4):315-31.

Natural products as alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase inhibitors and their hypoglycaemic potential in the treatment of diabetes: an update.

Tundis R, Loizzo MR, Menichini F.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036-I Rende (CS), Italy. tundis@unical.it

Abstract

The inhibition of alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase, enzymes involved in the digestion of carbohydrates, can significantly reduce the post-prandial increase of blood glucose and therefore can be an important strategy in the management of blood glucose level in type 2 diabetic and borderline patients. Currently, there is renewed interest in plant-based medicines and functional foods modulating physiological effects in the prevention and cure of diabetes and obesity. The plant kingdom is a wide field to search for natural effective oral hypoglycaemic agents that have slight or no side effects. More than ca. 1200 plant species have been recorded to be used empirically worldwide for their alleged hypoglycaemic activity. Therefore, natural alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitors from plant sources offer an attractive strategy for the control of hyperglycaemia. This article reviews recent data on plant extracts and isolated natural compounds that are being tested for their hypglycaemic activity, highlights ongoing research and considers the future persepctives.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6882-12-110.pdf


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22713130