REAL LIFE NEWS: SEE, I TOLD YOU BEING FAT WAS GOOD FOR YOU!
by Hazed
Being fat may not be so bad for you after all: it could offer protection to people who have had heart attacks, according to a new study by the University of Oxford, England.
Researchers suggest that body fat can release anti-inflammatory chemicals which can act as a last line of defence against a heart attack and a stroke.
They studied cell tissue samples of patients that had heart surgery and found that in response to warnings sent out by the heart and surrounding arteries, a series of chemicals were released from certain body fats in the event of a heart attack or stroke.
This could change the way fat in the body is perceived, suggests Charalambos Antoniades, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at Oxford University: “Fat has had a bad reputation but we are finally learning more about how and why certain types of it are essential for good heart health.”
He explained, “While it must be said that the majority of fats are dangerous in the presence of a disease, there are some good chemicals that have health benefits… The next step is to develop treatment that can harness the health properties of fat.”
That’s good to know.
