Yes, ‘fats’ do not make you fat, or more accurately we can say some fats do not make you fat rather they help in curbing obesity. According to the findings of a new study, activating ‘good’ fats can curb obesity.
As per the details, the body’s ability to harness heat production by converting white fat cells which store calories into beige (good) fat cells that burn energy, can help fight obesity.
The study suggests natural mechanism in the body, which converts white fat cells into brownish fat cells, known as ‘brite’ or ‘beige’ fat cells by using heat production and increasing the sympathetic nervous system’s (SNS) supply of blood vessels to white fat tissue, could be a new and promising approach to fighting obesity.
Our body has two types of fat tissue white and brown. White adipose tissue, or white fat, stores energy or calories and produces hormones that are secreted into the bloodstream.
Brown adipose tissue, or brown fat, is a dark-colored fat tissue with many blood vessels that burns energy and produces heat.
There is a connection of white fat tissue with other tissues, including the heart and blood vessels that could lead to coronary and hypertension diseases, understanding how it occurs could be beneficial.
Scientists are hopeful that increasing energy expenditure with brown or brite/beige fat cells could be an effective way to fight obesity.
It was originally thought that, in humans, only babies had brown fat, but researchers found small amounts of brown fat in adults in 2009.
“SNS drive increases with cold exposure and food deprivation, so that’s when a breakdown of fats and cell ‘browning’ occurs,” study reveals.
Studies infer that SNS innervation and stimulation of the white adipose tissue 3 adrenoreceptor is important in white adipose tissue browning.
By altering the temperature of their living and working environment or adding and removing clothes, this most likely limits the number of naturally occurring brite/beige cells in humans and any significant role of these cells in the everyday production of heat, the researchers concluded.
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