A new study: Mitochondria are important — they affect your body weight
<p>Scientists looked at mitochondria, which are like the powerhouses inside our cells, in cells called enterocytes that line our intestines.</p>
<p>Enterocytes are special cells that absorb and move nutrients from the food we eat.</p>
<p>When the researchers messed with the mitochondria in mice intestines, it caused too much fat to build up in the enterocytes, and the movement of fats to other parts of the body got messed up too.</p>
<p>A big deal in this study was that, when mitochondria didn’t work right, enterocytes had trouble packaging and moving fats, specifically in the form of chylomicrons.</p>
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