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Adiponectin

A fat-cell hormone that improves insulin sensitivity and fat breakdown — levels rise with healthy weight loss.

Adiponectin is a hormone produced by your fat cells that helps regulate blood sugar and break down fatty acids. Unlike most fat-derived hormones, adiponectin levels are actually lower in people with obesity — and increasing these levels through weight loss and exercise improves metabolic health.

Adiponectin is an adipokine secreted exclusively by adipose tissue, with circulating levels inversely correlated with adiposity. It exerts insulin-sensitising effects through AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 receptor activation, enhancing AMPK and PPAR-α pathways to increase fatty acid oxidation and glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and liver. Hypoadiponectinaemia is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

One of the key goals of NuLifeCare's medical weight management programme is to improve your metabolic profile — and rising adiponectin levels are a positive sign that your body is responding healthily to treatment.

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