The Fat Problem – TL;DR

Fat isn’t just stored energy—it’s a full-blown organ that controls hormones and chats nonstop with your brain, immune system, and metabolism. In the right amounts, it keeps you healthy, but when it piles up, it sparks inflammation, throws your hormones out of whack, hikes up your risk of almost every major disease, and even shortens your lifespan.

Kurzgesagt dives into what fat really is, how it works, when it becomes dangerous, and—crucially—whether you can undo the damage once you’ve got too much of it.

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