Memory is impaired in aged rats after 3 days of high-fat eating
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Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate groups of young and old rats the high-fat diet for three days or for three months to compare how quickly changes happen in the brain versus the rest...
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Original Title: Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. The results dispel the idea that diet-related inflammation in the aging brain is driven by obesity, researchers say.