Being really cold may actually help you burn fat
brown fat
Don’t Knock the Polar Vortex: It Could Help You Lose Weight
It’s freezing outside, but don’t despair. That chill might just help you slim down a bit.
The Healthland Podcast: Brown Fat, Crawling-Skin Disease, Messy Desks and Kids’ Vaccines
This week on the podcast: how your brown fat can burn white fat, whether Morgellons disease is real, what your messy desk says about you (it’s not what you think), and how chemicals in household items may weaken children’s …
How Now, Brown Fat? Scientists Are Onto a New Way to Lose Weight
When it comes to fat, what difference does color make? A lot, it seems, especially if you’re interested in losing it.
Lucky Mice: Researchers Have Found a Protein that Mimics the Effects of Exercise
A newly discovered protein could help both mouse and man gain all the benefits of exercise without breaking a sweat
Could Socializing Help Keep You Thin?
Could the key to weight loss be as simple as spending more time with others?
Turn Down the Thermostat, Drop a Few Pounds?
Central heating feels good on blustery winter nights, but a new study by researchers at University College London suggests that keeping your house too balmy may be making you fat.
Burning More Energy, Naturally
Scientists say they’ve engineered mouse and human cells to make more “brown fat” — the stuff the body uses to convert stored fat into heat. They hope this finding can lead to a simple new obesity treatment.