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In rats, cutting the vagus nerve (a brain-gut connection) stops olive oil from making them eat less, but makes palm oil make them eat even less than before — which is weird and surprising.
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Brain Perception of Different Oils on Appetite Regulation: An Anorectic Gene Expression Pattern in the Hypothalamus Dependent on the Vagus Nerve
Randomized Controlled Trial
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2024 Jul 24The study says EVOO still reduces hunger even when the nerve connecting the gut and brain is cut, but the claim says it only works when that nerve is intact — so the study disagrees with the claim. For palm oil, it sort of matches, but the nerve part wasn’t directly tested.
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