Fig. 1.

Effects of supplementation with an AC-rich blend on metabolic parameters in HFD-fed rats. A- Food intake and B- body weight gain. Mice were fed a control diet (empty triangles), the control diet supplemented with 40 mg AC/kg body weight (full triangles), a HFD (black circles), or the HFD supplemented with 2 (light pink diamonds), 20 (dark pink diamonds), or 40 mg AC/kg body weight (red circles). Results are shown as means ± SE and are the average of 9–10 animals/group. Differences between the HF and HFA40 body weight gain values are significant between weeks 4 and 14 on the diets (p < 0.05, repeated measures ANOVA).