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Western diet turns on fat genes. |
| Posted on Mar 18 2010 at 6:48 AM |
| News / Blog >> Diet |
This study of mice found that foods that are high in fat and sugar stimulate the kappa opioid receptor, which plays a key role in fat metabolism. When this receptor is stimulated, it causes far more fat storage than would otherwise have occurred.
(Kappa-opioid receptors control the metabolic response to a high-energy diet in mice. FASEB J. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]
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