I believe the proper term is "Latino Fat" or possibly "Hispanic Fat". Using the term "brown" may cause offense.

That's racist.

It must be true. I just dropped a load of brown "fat" in the bathroom and I feel five pounds lighter.

Interesting article, though.

It's true - mice have brown fat all through their adult lives - it's a small amount, but it has significant effects on their overall metabolism. Up until recently it was thought that humans only have brown fat as infants (to help regulate thermogenesis) and lose it as they get older, but it turns out we actually do retain some. Triggering mitochondria in brown fat to release stored energy as heat could become a weight loss therapy in the future, especially if we figure out a way to trigger the body to make more brown fat (rather than white - they both come from the same precursor cells).

I've seen some metabolic studies that look at it on a bulk (i.e. organism) level and have found little to no scientific evidence to support the "muscle burns more calories than fat" belief that is so common. I suppose it's more applicable when you break it down into specific fat types.

I'll patiently wait for tartan fat, thankyouverymuch.

First thing I thought of:

Samoans

AKA: Meth

Jmast7: It's true - mice have brown fat all through their adult lives - it's a small amount, but it has significant effects on their overall metabolism. Up until recently it was thought that humans only have brown fat as infants (to help regulate thermogenesis) and lose it as they get older, but it turns out we actually do retain some. Triggering mitochondria in brown fat to release stored energy as heat could become a weight loss therapy in the future, especially if we figure out a way to trigger the body to make more brown fat (rather than white - they both come from the same precursor cells).

The human body isn't designed to live with high amounts of internal heat. See: Malignant hyperthermia.

Don't eat so much and/or exercise more - why is everybody trying to make it more complicated?

That would make L.A. one of the healthiest cities.

What can brown do for you?

Why would I need Oprah for weight loss when she can't help herself?

What I got from the article is we should be eating delicious small furry animals and babies.

I bet gorgor has a picture of some brown fat

I remember learning about brownfat in like... first year University. This is old research. I'm pretty sure the whole concept of brown fat wasn't new when I learned it either.

The whole "more brown fat may mean weight loss" thing has been discussed for years.

Why is this only making news now?

Nah brown fat exists but it's typically on babies not adults. It's high in mitochondria, thus the color. It's also usually great for storage, so kinda confused about this. Been some natural disasters where babies in a nursery were trapped for a week and found fine due to brown fat.

/so yeah...new wonder drug!

I don't even want to think about what "Gorgor" will come up for this thread.

/ Stopped clicking a loooong time ago

Nogale: I don't even want to think about what "Gorgor" will come up for this thread.

/ Stopped clicking a loooong time ago

you quitter!!

Isn't it easiest to just not stuff your face full of food and maybe exercise once in a while?

where brown fat come from (NSFW)

The entertaining thing is that (AFAIK) there's no reasonable way to measure how much brown fat is within your body short of invasive surgery.

"Brown fart" is what you need for weight loss?

/don't read headlines too fast