Researchers discover how a high-fat diet causes type 2 diabetes

For sometime diabetes has been described as a disorder of fat
metabolism. This affects beta cells and leads in time to high glucose
levels for those with the genetic disposition. What we consider as
classic symptoms of diabetes are several steps down the chain of causes.
Using large population studies high intake of saturated fats is related
to the risk of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome with the level of
insulin resistance being a common theme. This study looks at this
origin of the fat handling disorder:

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