Why Too Much Saturated Fat May Trigger Your Body's Alarm System
Scientists have discovered that saturated fats—the kind found in butter, meat, and cheese—do more than just sit in your body. These fats act like chemical …
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Can CBD Help Your Body Handle Fatty Foods Better?
Researchers gave rats a high-fat diet and studied what happened when they also gave them CBD (a compound from cannabis plants). The study suggests that CBD may …
Read MoreYour Gut Cells Remember What You Eat
Scientists discovered something surprising about the cells that line your intestines: they have a kind of memory of the foods you eat, especially fatty foods. …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Before a Stem Cell Transplant May Affect Recovery
Scientists discovered that the type of fat in your diet before a stem cell transplant might influence how well your body handles the procedure. In a study …
Read MoreCertain Fats May Affect Heart Health in People With Arthritis
Researchers looked at what people with rheumatoid arthritis eat and whether certain types of fat in their diet are connected to heart disease. Using …
Read MoreWhat Pigs Eat Changes Their Fat—And It Matters for Meat Quality
Researchers studied how changing one ingredient in pig feed affects the type of fat that builds up in their bodies. They fed 960 pigs two different diets for …
Read MoreHow High-Fat Diets Damage Heart Function in Just One Month
Researchers discovered how eating a high-fat diet can harm your heart's ability to relax and fill with blood properly—a condition called diastolic dysfunction. …
Read MoreWhy Your Kidneys Need This Protein When Eating Fatty Foods
Scientists discovered that a protein called NUDT19 helps your kidneys handle excess fat from a high-fat diet. When mice without this protein ate fatty food for …
Read MoreNew Blood Tests Can Show What Fats You're Eating
Scientists discovered a way to measure how much fat you eat by looking at chemicals in your blood and urine. They studied 153 women after menopause and found …
Read MoreWhy People with Down Syndrome May Need Different Liver Care
Scientists discovered that people with Down syndrome have different liver function compared to others, which affects how their bodies process fats and other …
Read MoreThe Fat You Eat Changes How Your Body Uses Vitamins
Scientists discovered that the type and amount of fat in your food can dramatically change how well your body absorbs important vitamins. In this study, …
Read MoreWhich Healthy Fat Is Better for Your Heart?
Researchers compared two types of healthy fats to see which one is better for your heart health. They looked at 53 different studies involving 1,690 people and …
Read MoreFatty Meat May Slow Muscle Growth After Exercise
When you exercise and eat protein, your muscles grow stronger through a process called protein synthesis. But a new study found that the type of meat you eat …
Read MoreWhy One Type of Omega-6 Fat May Help You Stay Leaner
Researchers studied over 100,000 people in the UK to understand how different types of omega-6 fats affect body weight and fat. They found that one specific …
Read MoreWhy Fish Store Fat in Different Places
Scientists studied two types of fish to understand why they store fat differently in their bodies. One fish (golden pompano) stores fat mainly in its liver and …
Read MoreHigh-Fat Diet and Betel Nut May Team Up to Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
Researchers studied how eating a high-fat diet combined with chewing betel nuts affects the prostate gland in rats. They found that when these two things …
Read MoreSpecial Fat May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes Through Gut Health
Researchers tested a special type of fat called 1,3-DAG to see if it could help rats with type 2 diabetes. The rats that ate this fat showed better blood sugar …
Read MoreNormal Fat Diet May Be Better Than Low-Fat for Pancreatitis Patients
A new study challenges the common practice of giving low-fat diets to people with acute pancreatitis (sudden inflammation of the pancreas). Researchers …
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