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Summary Researchers say that it is actually possible to make more brown fat to help people lose weight.
The human body has two kinds of fat: the bad white kind that stores calories and the good brown kind that burns them. The researchers demonstrated that brown fat does in fact burn a significant number of calories. The researchers grew mature human brown fat cells from Preadipocytes, or pre-fat cells, taken from a fresh sample of brown fat. The study concluded that stimulating the growth of additional brown fat may be a promising treatment for obesity, the researchers stressed that making more good fat would not be a substitute for proper diet and exercise. The study concluded that stimulating the growth of additional brown fat may be a promising treatment for obesity. Making more good fat would not be a substitute for proper diet and exercise.
