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Why losing the wrong fat can trigger diabetes

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As ScienceDaily reports, researchers have uncovered a counterintuitive diabetes risk: the loss of healthy fat tissue. They found that damaged fat cells become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and gradually disappear, disrupting the body's metabolism. The research suggests diabetes can develop not only from having too much fat, but from losing the fat tissue your body needs.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260726015259.htm

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