fat
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"Our data suggest that if you have high liver fat content and prediabetes, reducing carbohydrate intake can have important therapeutic effects on metabolism beyond just weight loss alone."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
A ketogenic diet can include foods rich in saturated fat, including animal products.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Kennedy in particular has been invested in defending the honor of red meat, repeatedly arguing, against standard medical recommendations, that diets high in animal fat are good for you.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Obesity, Mr. Lieberman explains, does not increase the number of fat cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The wind has finally picked up, followed by big, fat drops of rain, and a full downpour begins.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Current dietary guidance generally recommends keeping saturated fat below 10% of daily calories and choosing unsaturated fats when possible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some cosmetics, medicines and supplements contain gelatin, animal fats, alcohol or other ingredients whose origins matter to observant consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Takeaways high in fats, salt and sugar are more widely available in areas of high deprivation where people are at higher risk of obesity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
After an episode filled with warnings about addiction, government deception, processed food and discredited fats, the meal itself receives one adjective and one bite.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not only that, but the kind of fats in pastured animals are the ones that are healthier for us to eat.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
I never became “unrecognizable,” and I spent more time than I’d like to admit looking at myself in the mirror and comparing what I saw to photos of the younger, fatter version of myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But weakening domestic sales are pushing manufacturers like Zhang to seek fatter margins abroad, where consumers have more purchasing power.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Lower-income Americans who would most benefit from fatter paychecks are also those most sensitive to price increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Eight asbestos ceiling tiles had started to bulge down, which meant that either Sycorax and Caliban were getting fatter or the ceiling was getting weaker.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The fattest chicken is in Belgium but there are other chickens around,” De Wever said last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
The fattest part of the barrel is actually closer to the handle, with the idea of redistributing more mass to an area where some hitters make more frequent contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
Moving quickly, Clare gathered the fattest, darkest fruit.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
The film also captures a tradition that would soon disappear from New Orleans Mardi Gras — the “boeuf gras,” or fatted ox, paraded around the city.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
“If you have a fatted goose, it’s not going to walk well,” he says.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
Feasting on the fatted calf of divine grace, every day was thanksgiving.
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015
I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
Still another of the fallacies of our forbears was that the fatting pig made the greatest increase from a given quantity of food when it was at least approaching maturity and ripeness, or complete fatness.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
The fatting pig which pays best is one which has a short life and a merry one, never having to seek or wait for its food.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
The two most certain indications that a lot of fatting pigs are thriving is to find that they are asleep and that their feeding troughs are empty.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
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Nutrition - Introductory
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