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Scientists seek to unleash calorie-burning brown fat
Stockholm :: Sweden | 18 days ago
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But there's one type of fat that most would probably like to hold on to: brown fat...Because its primary purpose is temperature regulation, brown fat cells are packed with mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells. This mitochondria-heavy design is well-suited...
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Wired: Fight Fat with More Fat
Boston :: MA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The latest candidate for an obesity-fighting wonder drug is not what you’d expect: It’s fat. Adding fat sounds like a strange way to curb obesity, but scientists think boosting “brown fat” — a special kind of fat that burns calories to keep people warm...
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Calorie -Burning Brown FatDo We Still Have It?
Scientists recently discovered (to their utter surprise) that adults still have a certain amount of BROWN FAT in our bodies.These have intrigued scientists for ove 30 yearsas they act as a furnace,consuming calories and generating heat. Rodents unable...
Science Daily: 'Good' Energy Burning Fat In Lean Adults
Stockholm :: Sweden | 7 months ago
Credibility Scientists had thought that brown fat only existed in humans during childhood and was mostly gone by adulthood. The paper shows that brown fat not only exists in adult humans, but also for the first time, that the fat is metabolically active. "The fact...
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Researchers stumble on calorie burning 'good' fat !
Boston :: MA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Weight watchers and the obese can take cheer from the surprise discovery of a calorie-burning brown fat that can be produced experimentally from muscle precursor cells in mice. R esearchers demonstrated that brown fat, known as "good" fat -- because it...
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