Feeding lab rats a super high-fat diet seems to cause liver inflammation and fat buildup, based on changes in key markers in their blood and liver.

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Dietary fat stimulates development of NAFLD more potently than dietary fructose in Sprague–Dawley rats

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The study fed rats a high-fat diet like the one in the claim and found the same signs of liver inflammation and fat buildup, so it supports the claim.

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Dietary fat stimulates development of NAFLD more potently than dietary fructose in Sprague–Dawley rats

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DOI: 10.1186/s13098-018-0307-8

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In lab rats, eating a diet high in fat, sugar, and cholesterol causes worse liver damage than just eating a high-fat diet — with more signs of inflammation and scarring in the liver.

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Feeding rats a diet super high in fat leads to fat building up in their livers after 16 weeks — kind of like what happens in fatty liver disease. Scientists saw this through lab tests, scans, and looking at liver tissue under a microscope.

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