Dr Hoebel said he believed high-fat foods stimulate opioids or 'pleasure chemicals' in the brain.
In addition to consuming more calories, the volunteers seemed to gravitate to high-fat, high-protein foods when sleep deprived.
In the study at the University of Michigan, researchers gave mice a high-fat diet, and they became obese.
In just three days of high-fat eating, a rat learns to accommodate itself to a more abundant life.
The study (PDF) used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of rat vittles.
But so are lots of things: high-fat foods, alcohol, fast cars, unprotected sex and jogging all take a dreadful toll.
Their milk boasts a higher fat and protein content which can be used for cheese, skimmed milk powder and other high-fat products.
Many researchers believe that it's actually cheaper, in our fast-food society, to eat a high-fat, high-calorie diet than it is to stay slim.
The British Medical Association (BMA) is discussing a proposal to charge 17.5% VAT on high-fat foods such as biscuits, cakes and processed meals.
Specializing in a healthy, organic version of the traditional high-fat fast food, Naked Pizza has won financial backing from Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban.
Because those specimens were believed to have been from the upper echelons of society, the researchers surmised their calcified arteries could have developed from high-fat diets.
So as long as you skip the high-fat toppings such as butter, bacon bits and sour cream, including a baked potato in your diet on occasion is fine.
Whole Foods, the mega food store chain that has thrived on promoting all that is natural, just got exclusive rights to Iceland's lamb, cheese, high-fat butter and milk chocolate.
Much of this behavior, which he calls conditioned hyper-eating, is due to brain pathways that are established and reinforced by the regular consumption of highly appealing high-fat, high-sugar, salty foods.
County supervisor Ken Yeager said Tuesday that the ordinance "prevents restaurants from preying on children's love of toys to peddle high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium kids' meals, " and would help fight childhood obesity.
The study compared mice fed a high-fat diet with those fed a normal, healthy diet, and exposed some members of both groups daily to fine particulate matter, controlling for all other factors.
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With billions spent in advertising high-fat, sugary foods to children, it's no wonder parents have to take a kid outside for a good talking-to to persuade them to eat the healthy stuff.
For rats on the high-fat diet, the group that ate both types of potato chips gobbled more food, gained more weight, and developed more fatty tissue than the rats that ate only the high-calorie chips.
One of the most cited studies, by University of Washington researcher Adam Drewnowski, found that women who were given a drug that blocks opioid receptors consumed less sweet, high-fat foods--but only if they were bulimic.
Try to eat non-cream-based soups, lots of non-starchy vegetables and salads (but watch the dressing and high-fat toppings), and low-fat or nonfat dairy with most meals and snacks to get adequate food volume with fewer calories.
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To them, it is entirely understandable that low-risk things like alar, cyclamates and nuclear power are feared or banned, while hazardous activities like riding a bicycle, eating a high-fat diet and driving at night are as prevalent as ever.
And while there is no doubt the political machines themselves will load up on the Nate Silvers in the coming months and years, many of us will still be subsisting on high calorie, high-fat political thought ten years from now.
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In a study of people with a gene that put them at higher risk for Alzheimer's, those who ate a high-fat diet were seven times more likely to develop the disease than those who ate a low-fat diet, researchers reported.
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After consuming the tomatoes along with a high-fat and high-calorie diet, there were a number of signs suggesting a beneficial effect, including significantly lower levels of inflammation, higher levels of the antioxidant paraoxonase, higher HDL levels, and less atherosclerotic plaque.
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"The most important thing is that whatever you're serving can sit out and doesn't have to be served at its moment of coming out of the oven or off the stove, " he says, noting that it's important to avoid high-fat dishes in which the fat will cool and congeal.
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United Airlines tried offering "active'' and "organic'' snack boxes with high-protein, low-fat and organic items, but ended up donating thousands to food banks before eliminating them from the menu.
Make sure to eat plenty of high-quality, lean protein like fat-free dairy, egg whites, fish and skinless chicken (protein should make up about 20 percent of your total calories) and limit vitamin A fortified foods or multivitamins with high doses of vitamin A, which can negatively impact bone health.
Previous research has suggested that obese people with high levels of both abdominal and subcutaneous fat are more insulin-sensitive than those with only high levels of abdominal fat.
The fat tax was instead fried by Danish farmers complaining of the high administrative cost of fat-tax compliance, and losing business to foreign competitors who were running away with the bacon and the kringles.
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Diners haven't been exposed to quality fat in recent years because pigs raised on a bad diet or living in high-stress environments will have yellowish fat that smells putrid.
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