Even though their bodies were sending out signals to burn fat (like stress hormones), the fat cells of rats on a low-protein, high-carb diet ignored those signals and kept storing fat instead.

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In Vitro TNF-α- and Noradrenaline-Stimulated Lipolysis is Impaired in Adipocytes from Growing Rats Fed a Low-Protein, High-Carbohydrate Diet

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Even though the rats had high levels of body signals that usually make fat break down, their fat cells didn’t respond to those signals — like they were deaf to them — so the fat stayed stored instead of being burned.

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In Vitro TNF-α- and Noradrenaline-Stimulated Lipolysis is Impaired in Adipocytes from Growing Rats Fed a Low-Protein, High-Carbohydrate Diet

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DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3809-z

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Rats that ate a diet low in protein and high in carbs had fat cells that didn't break down fat as well when stimulated by certain stress signals, even though their bodies were in a state that should make them burn fat.

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