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fats

A woman sitting the trunk of a car drinking coffee, under a blanket

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Caffeine keeps your body fat warm, on top of lighting up your brain

Hot take: caffeine triggers brown fat thermogenesis via the brain

Pamela Hirschberg

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Germ-free mice show how eating common oils affects our microbiomes

New research adds to our knowledge about how the oils we eat affect our bodies

Michelle Ku
a frog with just its head poking out of water

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Frogs and toads invest in body fat storage systems to survive times of low food availability

New research explores the expensive tissue hypothesis in anurans

Mallory Wiper
photo of people eating burgers and fries, taken from above

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Eating a high-fat diet could change your brain for the worse

Research in mice shows how fatty foods alter the brain's response to healthy foods

Samuel J Walker