The Secret Life of Fat, with Michele La Merrill - a podcast by EHP: The Researchers Perspective

from 2013-01-02T17:00

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Your bulges are busier than you may think…Many people see adipose tissue—fat—as nothing more than lumpy extra baggage. But fat serves several important functions in the body. It helps us store energy and endocrine hormones that can affect behavior, energy regulation, immune and vascular function—to name a few. It also protects against toxic effects of persistent organic pollutants, or POPs. In this podcast, Michele La Merrill talks with host Ashley Ahearn about the diverse ways that fat interacts with these chemicals as both a modulator and a target of POP toxicity. Visit the podcast webpage to download the full transcript of this podcast.

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