They say olive oil is liquid gold — but too much might be making the wrong part of your body rich.
A new study published in the journal Cell Reports has found that a diet high in oleic acid — the monounsaturated fat famously found in olive oil — could be fueling obesity by supercharging the growth of fat cells.
“We know that the types of fat that people eat have changed during the obesity epidemic,” Michael Rudolph, an assistant professor of biochemistry and physiology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, said in a press release.
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