{
  "id": 12326582,
  "title": "High-Calorie Diet Causes Brain Nerve Abnormalities: Researchers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/high-calorie-diet-causes-brain-nerve-abnormalities-researchers",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T06:48:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100600106/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--A team of researchers has found that a cognitive decline from a continued habit of eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses, junctions between nerve cells. While previous studies had shown that a continued high-calorie diet slows down brain functions, researchers had yet to unravel the complex mechanism on a molecular level. The finding...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}