Genes Help Turn Carbs into Fat


	Genes Help Turn Carbs into Fat

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1-15-2008 12:13 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2e9cfb34-0a95-4d10-b746-c5ed4f8b8676/92870CFE-1347-4043-89F6-0C7FB66079E0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646" href="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646"><H1>Gene Helps Turn Carbs Into Fat</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646"><H2>A gene determines whether highly processed carbs get stored as fat or burned away. But deactivating the gene to prevent fat build-up has its own problems. Cynthia Graber reports.</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646"><DIV>It’s no secret that there’s an obesity epidemic going on.  Many researchers blame highly processed carbohydrates, such as high-fructose corn syrup and white flour.  Now scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison have started to tease out the role of the liver in converting those calorie-rich foods into fat. The researchers isolated a gene in the liver called SCD-1. The gene codes for an enzyme that synthesizes fatty acids.  Mice with the normal gene were fed a diet high in processed carbs.  The mice converted those carbs into fat and stored that fat in the body.  But mice that lacked that SCD-1 gene just burned all those carb calories.  And stayed skinny.  </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=A840A8DD-E7F2-99DF-344B5E84AD578646"> So the solution is, sadly, what you already knew: eat fewer processed carbohydrates.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/92870CFE-1347-4043-89F6-0C7FB66079E0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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