UNIVERSITY OF BONN IMAGE: HUMAN BROWN ADIPOCYTES, LIPID STAINED RED (REDO OIL STAIN) CREDIT: © LAIA REVERTE SALISA / UNIVERSITY OF BONN Normally, fat cells store energy. In brown fat cells, however, energy is dissipated as heat – brown fat thus serves as a biological heater. Most mammals therefore have this mechanism. In humans it...
by Medical University of Vienna Retinol or Vitamin A 3D space model (balls model). A recent study conducted by a research team led by Florian Kiefer from MedUni Vienna’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that cold ambient temperatures increase vitamin A levels in humans and mice. This helps convert “bad” white adipose tissue into “good” brown adipose...
THE OBESITY SOCIETY SILVER SPRING, Md.– Researchers have discovered that meal timing strategies such as intermittent fasting or eating earlier in the daytime appear to help people lose weight by lowering appetite rather than burning more calories, according to a report published online today in the journal Obesity, the flagship journal of The Obesity Society....
