The Claim

In healthy adult males, postprandial free fatty acid levels are significantly correlated with cortisol levels at specific time points (5 and 6 hours) after a high-fat mixed meal and at 3, 4, and 6 hours after a pure fat meal, with correlation coefficients ranging from r=0.610 to r=0.824 and p-values below 0.05.

Source: Characteristics and correlation analysis of postprandial free fatty acids and cortisol levels in males after different meals: a clinical trial

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

In healthy adult men, levels of free fatty acids and cortisol in the blood rise together at certain times after eating a high-fat meal, and these changes are statistically linked.

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In healthy adult males, significant positive correlations between postprandial free fatty acid and cortisol levels occur at 5 and 6 hours after a high-fat mixed meal (r=0.610, p=0.046; r=0.824, p=0.002) and at 3, 4, and 6 hours after a pure fat meal (r=0.632, p=0.037; r=0.673, p=0.023; r=0.614, p=0.045), suggesting a time-specific association between these two metabolic markers following fat ingestion.

What the research says

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  1. Study: Characteristics and correlation analysis of postprandial free fatty acids and cortisol levels in males after different meals: a clinical trial

    After eating a fatty meal, the study found that two body chemicals—free fatty acids and cortisol—go up together at specific times, like they’re dancing in sync. This matches exactly what the claim says.

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