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British scientists have warned of the danger of toxic substances that leak out of the intestines, which can interfere with the work of fat cells, and then lead to obesity.

According to the specialized scientific site Science Alert, scientists at the British University of Nottingham Trent wanted to determine the effect of endotoxins on fat cells "adipocytes" in humans, and discovered through their study that the main processes that usually help control the accumulation of fat are affected by endotoxins, which are fragments of bacteria in our intestines.

The study included 156 participants, 63 of whom were classified as obese, and 26 of whom underwent bariatric surgery, a process in which the size of the stomach is reduced to reduce food intake, and samples from these participants were also processed in the laboratory, where the scientists looked at two different types of fat cells described in white and brown.

The scientists pointed out that white fat cells, which make up most of the fat storage tissues in humans, store them in larger quantities, while brown fat cells take a store of fat, and break them down using parts of the cells called "many mitochondria", explaining that under the right conditions the body can convert white fat cells that store fat, and behave like brown fat cells that burn fat, stressing that endotoxins reduce the body's ability to convert white fat cells into fat cells. Similar to the structure.

Molecular biologist Mark Christian from the university explained that fragments of intestinal microbes that enter the bloodstream reduce the function of normal fat cells and their metabolic activity, which worsens with weight gain, which contributes to an increased risk of diabetes, and with weight gain, fat stores become less able to reduce the damage that may be caused by parts of the gut microbes to fat cells.

Christian pointed to the importance of endotoxin from the intestine "interrotexin", which reduces the metabolic activity of fat cells and their ability to become structure-like fat cells, which can be useful to help lose weight and reduce healthy cellular metabolism.

The scientists noted the importance of the study in highlighting the importance of the intestines and fat as important interconnected organs that affect the health of human metabolism.

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