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Your diets keep failing because your cells remember being fat, according to new study

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 17, 2025
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"POV: Your metabolism catching you mid-'snaccident'" Credit: Nataliya Turpitko/shutterstock.com

Those "quick weight loss" solutions? They might be setting you up for an even faster rebound.

A new study in Nature reveals that even after significant weight loss, your fat cells retain an "epigenetic memory" of being fat. Think of it like cellular PTSD, excep…

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