carorees wrote: Better than that, convert the white adipose cells (fat storers) into brown adipose cells (fat burners)! One way to do this might be to increase the amount of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which you can do by.....fasting!!!
See this study in mice: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21907139
Another way to turn white fat cells brown is cold exposure. It doesn't even have to be that cold. One study found increased activity in brown adipose tissue after exposure to 19℃ (wearing light clothing) for 2 hours. So just take off some of your jumpers and turn the thermostat down!
Since brown fat generates heat, if you stop feeling cold on fast days and start feeling warm that might be a hint that you have converted some white fat cells to brown ones.
Does this work in the opposite as well? Will consistanly bundling and/or using the electric blanket at night while sleeping turn the brown cells into the dreaded white fat cells?
