Smell-Deficient Mice Stay Slim on High-Fat Diet (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Smell-Deficient Mice Stay Slim on High-Fat Diet

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After UC Berkeley researchers temporarily eliminated the sense of smell in the mouse on the right, it remained a normal weight while eating a high-fat diet. The mouse on the left, which retained its sense of smell, ballooned up on the same high-fat diet.

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Céline Riera & Andrew Dillin, UC Berkeley

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