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Can BPA Make You Fat?

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I found this great article that supported what I though for years.

I am talking about bisphenol A in everything from the lining of cans to the paper that most receipts are printed on.

According to University of Missouri biologist and notorious BPA researcher Frederick vom Saal, it also affects how the body deals with fat. "BPA reduces the number of fat cells but programs them to incorporate more fat, so there are fewer but very large fat cells, vom Saal recently told Environmental Health Perspectives. "BPA exposure is producing in animals the kind of outcomes that we see in humans born light at birth: an increase in abdominal fat and glucose intolerance."

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