The Fat Problem TL;DR

Fat isn’t just extra padding—it’s a bona fide organ that orchestrates hormones and chats with your brain, immune system, and metabolism. But go overboard, and it becomes a drama queen: sparking inflammation, throwing hormones out of whack, hiking your risk for almost every major disease, and shaving years off your life.

This Kurzgesagt video digs into what fat really does, how it crosses the line from helpful to harmful, and whether you can undo the damage once it’s piled on.

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