Study explains why polar bears are fat yet healthy
Washington (AFP) May 08, 2014 - When it comes to healthy eating, polar bears break all the rules. They eat mostly fat, but they don't get heart disease the way humans would. Scientists said the Thursday in journal Cell that the reason lies in their genes. Some speedy evolutionary tricks, particularly in the genes which handle how fats are metabolized and how fats are transported in the blood, have allowed polar bears t ... more
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