Joseph Blumer attended the American Physiology Summit in Baltimore, Maryland, where he presented his abstract “In utero chronic lipid exposure increases mid-gestation fetal cardiomyocyte lipid uptake in vitro.” One surprising finding from his research was that, even though fetal cardiomyocytes at this stage typically don’t interact with lipids, they still responded to high lipid exposure by taking up more labeled lipids. This suggests that early lipid exposure, which is not typical for these cells, could be detrimental by altering their physiology and metabolism. It challenges our previous understanding of fetal heart development and raises concerns about how environmental factors, like maternal diet, could affect the developing heart.