Brown fat cells are where the the fats transported from the fat store in the human body (white fat cells) are burned. They are few and far between in the human body shortly after birth. Brown fat has a close relationship to muscles.
In this experiment, scientists succeeded to increase brown fat cells by introducing 2 specific proteins into the body of rats, and found that the rats become leaner.
Could one day we transplant brown fat cells into an obese person's abdomen to make him lose weight efficiently?
Read the details...
Could We Lose Weight by Injecting Fat into Our Bellies?: Scientific American
Source : Scientific American
Nature
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Ephedra Is Not The Best Thermogenic for Weight Loss
Ephedra is taken to make heat production by the body easier, and this very recent study reveals that making heat production more difficult
is much better for your body to lose weight.
Like water can be found as ice and liquid water, energy in our body is stored in chemical molecules or released as heat, both are 2 different forms of the the same material.The energy needed by our bodies comes from the food we eat. After energy is extracted from food, it is consumed as follows:
- Excreted as fecal energy
- Execreted through the urinary system
- Available for the body for cellular reproduction, growth (especially in children), or work as muscle movement
- Stored mostly as fat
- Consumed by the body to heat up the internal organs (the largest part)
Heat production induced by diet, is performed by the Brown Fat Tissue which is triggered by the sympatheic nervous system. This is why Ephedra was used because it may increase thermogenesis (heat production) as it contains the sympathomimetic amine Ephedrine, and as a result it induces weight loss.
In this new study, rats were induced to use an alternate mechanism to produce heat, i.e. the white fat tissue. The result was that the rats were more resistant to obesity and were adapted to the change in temperature by retaining the alternative pathway.
Read the details...
Making Metabolism More Inefficient Can Reduce Obesity
Source : Science Daily
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
is much better for your body to lose weight.
Like water can be found as ice and liquid water, energy in our body is stored in chemical molecules or released as heat, both are 2 different forms of the the same material.The energy needed by our bodies comes from the food we eat. After energy is extracted from food, it is consumed as follows:
- Excreted as fecal energy
- Execreted through the urinary system
- Available for the body for cellular reproduction, growth (especially in children), or work as muscle movement
- Stored mostly as fat
- Consumed by the body to heat up the internal organs (the largest part)
Heat production induced by diet, is performed by the Brown Fat Tissue which is triggered by the sympatheic nervous system. This is why Ephedra was used because it may increase thermogenesis (heat production) as it contains the sympathomimetic amine Ephedrine, and as a result it induces weight loss.
In this new study, rats were induced to use an alternate mechanism to produce heat, i.e. the white fat tissue. The result was that the rats were more resistant to obesity and were adapted to the change in temperature by retaining the alternative pathway.
Read the details...
Making Metabolism More Inefficient Can Reduce Obesity
Source : Science Daily
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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