High Fat Diet

High fat diets cause a dramatic immune system overreaction to sepsis, a condition of systemic bacterial infection. An experimental study in mice, published in the open access journal BMC Physiology, has shown that a diet high in saturated fat, sugars and cholesterol greatly exaggerates the inflammatory response to sepsis.

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A study by Oxford University researchers has shown that rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days.