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·December 30, 2019·4 min read

Combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs reduces breast tumor development

Combining medications used to treat neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and migraines, with blood pressure medications reversed some aspects of breast cancer in mice at high risk of developing the disease due to the high-fat diets fed to their mothers during pregnancy.

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·May 10, 2019·4 min read

Dietary fats entering the brain may explain link between obesity and depression: Mouse study

A mechanism that links exposure to high-fat diets in mice to changes in hypothalamic function which leads to depression has been identified. Saturated fatty acids enter the brain via the bloodstream, where they accumulate and affect key signaling pathways associated with the development of depression.

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·October 12, 2018·4 min read

Effects of High Fat Diet May Be Passed on For Three Generations

Researchers report high fat diet in female mice can have an epigenetic effect on future generations. The study found high fat diets had lead to an increased risk of obesity, insulin resistance and addictive behaviors over three generations of offspring.

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·June 22, 2015·4 min read

High Fat and Sugar Diets May Lead to Loss of Cognitive Flexibility

A new study reports high fat and high sugar diets alter gut bacteria and cause changes in cognitive flexibility, or the power to adapt to changes in situations.

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·November 15, 2016·5 min read

High Fat Diet Disrupts Brain Maturation

Consuming a high fat diet during adolescence could contribute to cognitive impairment as an adult, a new study reports.

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·August 27, 2019·6 min read

High fat diet during pregnancy slows learning in offspring

Maternal exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation can have a lasting, detrimental effect on the cognitive ability and behaviors of their offspring.

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·December 26, 2019·3 min read

High fat diet impairs new neuron creation in female mice

Female mice exposed to a high-fat diet have limited hippocampal neurogenesis. The findings may explain why women are at higher risk of developing dementia than men.

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·July 14, 2015·4 min read

High Fat Diets Can Impair Critical Motivational Pathway

A new study reports high fat diets can impair the function of the mesolimbic dopamine system.

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·November 23, 2015·6 min read

High Fat Diets Prompt Immune Cells to Munch at Synapses

According to researchers, high fat diets appear to prompt microglia to start consuming synapses in mice.

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·May 2, 2016·4 min read

High Fat Diets Starve the Brain

Researchers report the amount of glucose that reaches the brain is significantly reduced after only three days of following a high fat diet.

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·August 13, 2019·3 min read

High fat foods can increase CBD absorption into the body

Eating a high-fat diet can help with the absorption of oral CBD for those with epilepsy. Previous studies have linked CBD to helping manage seizures associated with epilepsy.