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Friday, July 08, 2011

Fat Gets You High

A new study finds that eating fatty foods triggers the release of endocannabinoids in the body, which are marijuana-like chemicals. And the feeling they give you makes you want to continue eating more fatty food.

The study "Endocannabinoid signal in the gut controls dietary fat intake" was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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