
Dr. W.D. van Marken Lichtenbelt at the Maastricht
University in the Netherlands recently published the results of his research in
the journal Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism. His study found that
an easy way to burn fat is to make the body colder. He does not propose ice
baths or rolling around in the snow naked (ouch!), but rather a slow decline in
household temperature to the mid 60’s.
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The Mitochondria |
It turns out that we have two general types of fat: white
fat and brown fat. This “cool room” technique targets the brown fat in our
bodies. That’s because brown fat has cellular powerhouses called mitochondria,
which generate heat. In contrast, the white fat pretty much just sits there.
The brown fat can be triggered to generate heat by
exposing the body to cooler air temperatures. The mitochondria in the brown fat cells generate heat, and
by doing so, burn themselves up. Ta-da! No more fat cell.

You may shiver once in a while, but the loss of fat will
give you a nice inner glow!
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