High-altitude metabolism lets mice stay slim and healthy on a high-fat diet
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 13:37
in Health & Medicine
Mice that are missing a protein involved in the response to low oxygen stay lean and healthy, even on a high-fat diet, a new study has found. While their normal littermates gain weight, develop fatty livers and become resistant to insulin, just like overweight humans do, the mutant mice suffered none of these ill effects.