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In some parts of the world artificial trans fats are added to products like pastries to extend their shelf life at a low cost, but they have been linked to heart disease

Health

Denmark's ban of artificial trans fats saved 1200 lives over 16 years

Banning the addition of artificial trans fats to food in 2003 is thought to have saved 1200 lives in Denmark between 1991 and 2007

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salad

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Low-carb diets seem to involve more calories than low-fat diets

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fat cells

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Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections

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Body fat transformed by CRISPR gene editing helps mice keep weight off

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Body fat transformed by CRISPR gene editing helps mice keep weight off

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microscope image of bone fat cells

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Strange fat cells in our bones grow rather than shrink when we starve

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fatberg

Environment

Fatbergs: Everything you wanted to know but were too disgusted to ask

Insight

carrot on a plate

Health

Fasting power: Can going without food really make you healthier?

Features

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Life

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Culture

Can a low-carb diet really help shed weight and reverse diabetes?

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Can a low-carb diet really help shed weight and reverse diabetes?

Analysis

A plate of grilled vegetables

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Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

People following low-carb diets have been found to have a higher risk of mortality, except when people shun animal fats and protein too

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Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why

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Push to rid poorer nations of harmful trans fat is long overdue

Comment

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Being in a relationship really does seem to make you fatter

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Health

No sweat: How can marathon runners avoid hitting ‘the wall’?

Features