Fried food in space

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Is frying possible in space? A parabolic flight study

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French fries for everyone, then :wink:

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French fries for everyone, then :wink:

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Here is the thing that I noticed in space flight rodent guts. There seemed to be a lot of lipid accumulation in the villus and in the epithelial cells of the colon (weird). This means that lipid absorption was likely impaired sooooooo, fired foods may not be as bad for you in space!

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Thats a fun tidbit. Reminders me of when we did dissections from RR rodents, and noticed fatty livers. Hope some interesting research questions you can pursue on the villus and epithelial cells (eg WHY? broader impact? primary/secondary impacts? issue with the lacteals? something about columnar epithelium themselves in mg? etc etc :slight_smile: ) Has there been any research digging into the submucosa?

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So y’all saw that too? We have an investigator here that is looking into causes. it’s not just fatty but really inflammatory which is the complete opposite of what goes on in the gut.
Likely has to do with initial immune bias in the tissues.

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