Fatty foods cause brain scarring

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Feeling your resolution to lose weight in the new year fading by now? A recent study might give you renewed motivation.
Researchers found that a single high-fat meal can cause changes in the brain. While the experiments were conducted in mice and rats, they also found evidence of similar brain activity in the brains of obese humans.
They fed rats and mice a high-fat diet that is typical in the United States and noticed inflammation in the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that regulates weight and hunger, within a day — even before the rodents put on pounds.  more...