Just two days. That’s all it takes for a high-fat diet to begin undermining your memory, according to groundbreaking research that challenges everything we thought we knew about diet and brain health.

For many, losing weight can be a challenging journey with most people who lose a lot of weight eventually regaining it. Known as the “yo-yo” effect, several theories have attempted to explain why ...

Fat tissue may commit weight to memory. For people living with obesity, losing weight can help reduce the risk of health problems such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease (SN: 2/29/24). But ...

A mouse study, published earlier this month in the journal Neuron, zeroes in on a neurological mechanism that may help explain why memory deficits occur in response to long-term high-fat diets.

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