Brown fat, on demand
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JeromeBarry1
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Not yet, but it appears that in a few years we'll be able to have our white fat extracted, converted to brown fat, and re-injected. Brown fat burns calories. If we humans had some naturally, we'd be slim.
https://engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/sam-sia-white-brown-fat
https://engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/sam-sia-white-brown-fat
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Why not just extract the white fat and don't 're inject it. Kinda like liposuction. Walob.4
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LOL. I read a bit about brown fat and decided to lower the AC temp at night, not sure if it's helping. Not too unbearable though. Haven't gone any further with the cold showers, I think that is as far as I'll take it.
Also I'm breastfeeding, I think the fat the body puts on (and holds on to) during pregnancy to support breastfeeding is all brown fat, but I could be wrong.0
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