Consumption of the synthetic inulin for 3 weeks in the HF group suppressed the increase in the weights of the epididymal WAT and liver, hepatic levels of triacylglycerol and cholesterol, serum lipoprotein triacylglycerol levels, especially very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) triacylglycerol levels, and portal plasma insulin levels, but not serum total cholesterol levels (Figures 1, 2, 3). This evidence concerns the gene INS and hydrops fetalis.