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A recent study reveals that a father’s diet can influence his offspring’s cardiovascular health, potentially increasing the risk of artery plaque buildup in mice. Researchers found that high-fat diets consumed by fathers led to distinct, sex-specific changes in their children. Specifically, male offspring developed more plaque, while female offspring exhibited altered gene expression related to metabolism, despite showing fewer physical symptoms initially. These findings suggest that a father’s dietary habits can trigger epigenetic changes—modifications that affect how genes are expressed without altering the DNA sequence itself—influence biological patterns in future generations, offering new insights into the hereditary factors of heart disease.
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