The livers of mice eating olive oil and nuts turned off genes that make fat, compared to mice eating a fatty diet, which may help explain why they had less fat in their blood.

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Replacing Saturated Fat With Unsaturated Fat in Western Diet Reduces Foamy Monocytes and Atherosclerosis in Male Ldlr-/- Mice.

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The study looked at how a healthier diet affected blood fats and immune cells in mice, but it never checked the liver genes mentioned in the claim, so we can't say if those genes changed or not.

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Replacing Saturated Fat With Unsaturated Fat in Western Diet Reduces Foamy Monocytes and Atherosclerosis in Male Ldlr-/- Mice.

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DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313078

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