India, Nov. 25 -- The liver is essential to the body's energy supply and storage. Mitochondria, the cell's power plants, are unable to effectively switch between fuel sources in type 2 diabetes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to Medical Xpress.

Researchers from Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf (HHU), the University Hospital (UKD), and the German Diabetes Centre (DDZ) examined for the first time how well mitochondria in the heart, muscle, liver, and kidney can use the byproducts of fat breakdown - ketone bodies - to make energy. Low-carb diets, exercise, and fasting can all raise ketone body levels.

The study, which was published in eBioMedicine, indicates a possible new target for enha...