Brown Fat and The Secret to Weight Loss
What is Brown Fat?
Brown fat, known to science as brown adipose tissue (BAT) is not a fat storer but a fat shrinker. Very simply, white fat or white adipose tissue (WAT) stores energy and calories while brown fat burns energy and calories. Brown fat breaks down blood sugar (glucose) and fat molecules to create heat and help maintain body temperature. Because brown fat burns calories to generate heat, it is often referred to as the “good” fat. Its brown color comes from its densely packed mitochondria which work 24/7 to burn calories from your fat stores and the food you eat into pure, natural energy. Brown fat (as much as 5% of their body weight) helps keep newborns warm and it’s the same fat that bears use to stay warm when they hibernate.
