Paul Saladino· MD
the ones fed the most saturated fat had the highest metabolic rates and as they fed them more and more and more unsaturated fats the metabolic rates in these mice just drop um
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the ones fed the most saturated fat had the highest metabolic rates and as they fed them more and more and more unsaturated fats the metabolic rates in these mice just drop um
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if you remove that Gene the one that converts the saturated fats to monounsaturated fats in a mouse uh the mice can't get fat um so so that so these are called s this gene is called scd1 and so if you take an scd1 deficient mice or mouse or a scd1 knockout M Mouse they they have super high metabolic rates their metabolic rates are like 40% higher than um than a normal Mouse
and more and more unsaturated fats the metabolic rates in these mice just drop um