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A large study led by scientists at McMaster University has found that fat stored deep inside the abdomen and liver can quietly injure arteries, even in people who seem healthy on the outside.

The body can also make cysteine by converting another amino acid, methionine, in the liver.

Although this difference was not statistically significant, those treated with pembrolizumab had a 42% lower chance of developing distant metastases, meaning cancer that spread to areas such as the liver, lungs, or bones.

Both kinds of drinks were also associated with higher levels of liver fat.

What’s left over is processed by the liver and turned into cholesterol, which enters the bloodstream and can build up in the arteries of the heart and brain.