fatty

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Researchers had previously found that gut microbes can modify bile acids and influence the amount of atherosclerosis, or fatty plaque buildup in the arteries, that develops over time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

When fatty acids become part of pancreatic cell membranes, their chemical characteristics influence how easily those cells can be damaged by oxidation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Amy said: "It's not like a soft, fatty belly that can move. It's just in the way and heavy."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

MS is a disease of the brain and central nervous system, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty myelin sheath that normally protects the nerves, like insulation around electric wires.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Lunch was a bowl of steaming-hot potato soup, beans, narrow rashers of fatty bacon, and fresh brown bread.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss