This was tested on mice and rats. The animals were fed with fat milk, and they grew up big and strong. Scientists managed to study in detail the lungs of mice and... the lungs were also large.
The mice were fat, and their lungs looked more powerful than usual. Their surfactant, too, was fat and vigorous.
A surfactant is a surfactant that keeps our lungs extended.
The lungs are like a bucket of fine foam through which oxygen and carbon dioxide penetrate.
Imagine that you are pouring an effervescent soda into a glass. A lot of foam will accumulate over the glass, which will climb over the edge. But very soon all the foam bubbles will collapse and it will settle. This is approximately how the lungs behave without surfactant.
But if you imagine a bathtub filled with soap suds, then surface active soap suds can stand above the water for half a day and will not settle.
So the surfactant is also superficially active. It will force the lungs to remain in an expanded, airy state.
A surfactant is composed of a mixture of proteins and fats. Scientists have long assumed that if you add something fat to your diet, the surfactant will become more vigorous.
In the story with mice, something like that happened. Their surfactant contained more fat and protein. He was powerful. Only the mice did not benefit from it.
The mice were fat and had grown big lungs. The problem was that these lungs lost their flexibility and the mice became short of breath. Unexpected, right?
It turned out that the fat was not only in the surfactant. Fat literally permeated the lungs, and they became less malleable. Even with their powerful fat muscles, the mice could not contract their fat lungs.
The surfactant wasn't all right either. He was of course high quality and fat. But for some reason it was not enough.
Well, that is, the lungs have grown, and the surfactant would only be enough for ordinary small standard lungs. Relative insufficiency. So the lungs were straightened too badly.
The lungs were large, but they did not compress well and did not expand well. It turned out offensively.
Do you still want to support your lungs with fatty foods?
