It seems they were testing to see if the smell of food could trigger an uptick in metabolism during fasting, since the idea is that it makes your brain believe that it's about to be fed. Sounds like there was an increase in the break down of fatty deposits in lab rats in this study.
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It seems they were testing to see if the smell of food could trigger an uptick in metabolism during fasting, since the idea is that it makes your brain believe that it's about to be fed. Sounds like there was an increase in the break down of fatty deposits in lab rats in this study.