Skeletal Muscle Lipid and Its Association with Insulin Resistance: What Is the Role for Exercise?

1 July 2005

journal article
review article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Vol. 33 (3) , 150-154
https://doi.org/10.1097/00003677-200507000-00008

Abstract

Skeletal muscle lipid content has been associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, intramuscular triglycerides can also be a fuel source for healthy muscle during exercise. The balance between storage and use of muscle triglycerides is likely a key to the interaction between dysregulated fat and glucose metabolism by healthy and insulin resistant muscle.

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