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How Long-Term High-Fat Eating Disrupts Fullness Signals and Drives Weight Regain

How Long-Term High-Fat Eating Disrupts Fullness Signals and Drives Weight Regain

Long-term high-fat diets can impair the stomach's natural signals to your brain that you're full. Surprising? It's true.

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown that the nerves signaling stomach stretch to the brain don't function properly. In many overweight individuals, this damage persists even after weight loss.

This could explain why so many people regain lost weight—or more—within two years.

Source: Nu.nl | Image: Shutterstock