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In the study at the University of Michigan, researchers gave mice a high-fat diet, and they became obese.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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The study (PDF) used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of rat vittles.
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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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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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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.
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