Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Is BROWN fat good fat ?

For most people the word "Fat" is bad. The more body fat you have, the more you at risk of health problems. However, what if you find out that a certain type of fat, which is brown fat, help you burn more calories and therefore might help in weight control !

Usually babies have a lot of brown fat, and in adults, young and thin people are more likely to have it. When it comes to gender women are luckier than men in this area.

The most recent study by Dr. Carpentier and his colleagues have found that brown fat could be triggered by cold which would increase the metabolism. This breakthrough could be a possible treatment for the obesity epidemic but for sure more research is needed.

For more information click on the link below published in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/health/brown-fat-burns-ordinary-fat-study-finds.html

You can even watch the following video taken from CTV news website

   

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