Link between high-fat diet and type 2 diabetes clarified

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

New research adds clarity to the connection between a high fat diet and type 2 diabetes. The study finds that saturated fatty acids but not the unsaturated type can activate immune cells to produce an inflammatory protein, called interleukin-1beta.

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