New Delhi, January 2 (IANS). Hearing the name of fat, wrinkles appear on people’s faces, because fat is always associated with obesity, which is true to a large extent, but two types of fat are found in the body, which are called white fat and brown fat.
Both these fats are essential for the body, but in a limited quantity. According to experts, brown fat is a form of white fat, but there is a lot of difference in their functioning. Actually, when white fat works as a storage of energy in the body, but when it gets converted into the calorie burning stage, it is called brown fat or brown adipose tissue. Therefore, brown fat burns when energy is needed and keeps the body energetic and also provides heat.
Therefore, brown fat does not work to increase obesity in the body, but to reduce it. It also helps in increasing metabolism. Brown fat helps a lot in keeping the body warm in winter, which burns itself and gives heat to the body. This is a protective shield for winter. It contains more quantity of mitochondria.
Now the question is why brown fat is important for the body. Brown fat increases metabolism in the body, helps in blood sugar control, improves insulin sensitivity, keeps the body warm in cold, reduces the risk of obesity and type-2 diabetes and helps in burning calories. According to research, people who are less obese have more amount of brown fat and are more active than obese people.
At the same time, lack of brown fat shows excess of white fat in the body. This causes fatigue and lack of energy in the body, metabolism slows down, feeling cold, weight gain, and the risk of insulin resistance increases.
Obviously, brown fat is not obtained from diet, rather it has to be activated in the body. For this, adequate workout should be done along with nutritious food.
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