Why Do Carbs Turn To Fat?

Posted by Clark Venable on 10/20/2004

Researchers uncover process for carb-induced fat formation:

""Researchers are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes. They have shown that a single protein called carbohydrate response element binding protein activates several genes that cause cells in the liver to turn sugar into fat.""

[Via Science Blog - Science News Stories]

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