Western diets turn on fat genes: Energy-dense foods may activate genes that ultimately make us obese
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 16:14
in Mathematics & Economics
Those extra helpings of gravy and dessert at the holiday table are even less of a help to your waistline than previously thought. These foods hit you with a double-whammy as the already difficult task of converting high-fat and high-sugar foods to energy is made even harder because these foods also turn our bodies into "supersized fat-storing" machines.