Research results show that men and women have different 'nutrients to eat for dieting'
Research looking at the metabolic differences between men and women has shown that men may be more successful at losing weight if they get their energy from carbohydrates, while women may get it from fat.
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'We all lead busy lives, so it's important to understand how small decisions like what we eat for breakfast can affect our health and energy,' says Stephanie Abo, a researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Computers in Biology and Medicine in October 2024, Abo and Anita Leighton, a mathematics professor at the University of Waterloo, mathematically modeled gender differences in how male and female bodies process fat.
The simulations included metabolic processes in seven organs, including the brain, heart, musculoskeletal system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, adipose tissue, and other body tissues, and parameterized 25 metabolic reactions that process 22 different metabolites, including glucose, glycogen, insulin, and free fatty acids (FFAs).
The results of this study showed that men's metabolism is mainly favored by a high-carbohydrate diet, while women's metabolism is favored by a diet rich in fat. For example, when considering breakfast menus, men would be better off using oats and cereals, while women would be better off using ingredients such as omelets and avocados.
'Metabolism is suitable' means that it is easy to metabolize, and that it is easy to convert into energy and regulate blood sugar levels. In the human body, excess calories that are not used are stored as fat, so the efficiency of conversion to energy is important.
'Women tend to have more body fat than men, so one might assume they would burn less fat for energy, but that's not actually the case,' said Leighton. 'The results of our mathematical model suggest that women store fat immediately after eating, but burn more fat during the fasting period between meals.'
In the future, Abo and Layton hope to develop more complex metabolic models that take into account factors such as an individual's weight, age, and menstrual cycle, in order to uncover mechanisms other than gender.
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