Eating Saturated Fats Found To Reduce Severity Of Pancreatitis

A TEAM of researchers from the Mayo Clinic, the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the Washington University School of Medicine has found evidence that suggests people eating foods with saturated fats may have fewer symptoms if they develop pancreatitis.

In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes comparing data on patients with pancreatitis and their diets.

For many years, medical scientists have been grappling with the obesity paradox in which some obese patients appear to fare better when being treated for certain conditions than non-obese patients. In this new effort, the researchers sought to better understand why this may happen at times by focusing on pancreatitis.

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Prior research has shown that it can be triggered by a wide variety of events, such as having abdominal surgery or drinking too much alcohol. Prior research has also shown that