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“Visceral fat is also known as abdominal fat and is involved in systemic inflammation through the production of adipokines. Visceral fat is linked to type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, heart disease and more.”

“Disrupted fat metabolism drives the link between the APOE4 gene and Alzheimer's disease risk, according to a new study. Choline supplementation helps restore normal fat metabolism, however. Researchers studied the effects of the APOE4 gene on fat metabolism in astrocytes – a type of brain cell.”

“Findings from a 2020 study demonstrate that estradiol mitigates the association between visceral fat on cognitive decline. Cognitive decline is characterized by altered brain structural networks and accelerated degeneration with aging.”

“This may be further evidence that it is the processed foods and refined sugar that can make saturated fat dangerous but in the absence of that junk food saturated fat is not bad (however, other genetic factors can also be important here). Many of the studies out there do not differentiate between a person eating a low refined-carb/high-saturated fat diet and the standard American diet.”

“The research on dietary fats found that they are not associated with major cardiovascular disease, but higher fat consumption was associated with lower mortality; this was seen for all major types of fats (saturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, and monounsaturated fats), with saturated fats being associated with lower stroke risk.”

“The authors of the study found that fat oxidation increased by roughly 20 percent when the participants drank the oolong tea or pure caffeine beverage, but not when they drank the placebo beverage. The effects of consuming oolong tea continued to a greater degree while the participants were asleep.”

“Fasting before exercise increased the expression of genes in adipose tissue that signify that stored fat is being used to fuel metabolism in overweight men but eating a meal 2 hours before did not. There was also greater fat oxidation (burning of fat) during exercise in the fasted state.”

“> • Exercise (running in a wheel) alone did not account for the changes in body composition and metabolism of enriched animals. > • Fed a high fat diet (45 percent fat), enriched animals gained 29 percent less weight than control mice and remained lean, with no change in food intake.”

“Each of the men consumed three versions of a high-saturated fat, refined carbohydrate meal, providing approximately 1,000 calories per meal, separated by a three-day washout period.”

“Findings from a recent study suggest that a high-fat diet promotes the activity of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, a type of immune cell. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells, also known as natural interferon-producing cells, are critical components of both the innate and adaptive immune response.”