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science-tech1 month ago•12 min saved

From Storage to Heat: Harnessing Fat's Energy-Burning Power for Weight Loss

Fat is not just storage: brown fat burns calories to generate heat, beige fat can arise within white fat, and both offer targets for obesity therapies. The next generation of treatments may combine GLP-1–based appetite suppression with methods to boost energy expenditure across fat, muscle, and liver, aiming for more durable weight loss while avoiding hunger-driven compensation. This reframes fat as a dynamic metabolic organ and points to a multi-tissue, precision approach to energy balance.

via The Conversation|

#adipose-tissue #beige-fat #brown-fat

health-and-medicine1 month ago•6 min saved

Low Methionine and Cysteine Diet Sparks Fat Burning in Mice

Reducing two amino acids common in animal protein—methionine and cysteine—in mice boosted energy expenditure by about 20% via beige fat, causing weight loss without changing food intake or activity, and was comparable to constant cold exposure, suggesting diet alone could activate fat-burning pathways, though human relevance remains unproven and further work on safety and applicability is needed.

via ScienceDaily|

#beige-fat #cysteine #health-and-medicine

health2 months ago•56 min saved

Beige fat around arteries may help lower blood pressure, mouse study suggests

A mouse study shows beige fat around blood vessels helps keep blood pressure low by suppressing the enzyme QSOX1; when beige fat is converted to white fat, QSOX1 rises, leading to stiffer vessels and higher BP. Removing beige fat or blocking QSOX1 prevented hypertension in mice, suggesting beige fat has a local vascular role and that QSOX1 could be a target for future hypertension therapies.

via Live Science|

#beige-fat #blood-pressure #brown-fat

health-and-science7 months ago•4 min saved

Cornell Scientists Discover Key to Youthful Weight Management

Scientists at Cornell have discovered a way to potentially reverse age-related weight gain by reactivating beige fat, a type of fat that burns calories like brown fat. They identified a signaling pathway that suppresses beige fat formation with age and found that blocking this pathway, using existing cancer drugs, can restore fat-burning activity in older mice, offering promising avenues for combating metabolic decline and obesity-related diseases.

via SciTechDaily|

#aging #beige-fat #cornell

health3 years ago•3 min saved

Unlocking the Secrets of Metabolism and Fat Storage.

Stimulating the production of beige fat, a subtype of white adipose tissue, helps to reverse a slowing metabolism, which could prevent age-related weight gain and associated health disorders like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and chronic inflammation. The study shows therapeutic promise in beige fat, which has the same thermogenic properties as brown fat, reducing blood sugar and fatty acids that cause hardening of the arteries and heart disease. The researchers identified a specific signaling pathway that suppresses beige fat formation in older mice by antagonizing the immune system, which could be targeted to restore WAT immune cell function to stimulate beige fat in adult mammals.

via Neuroscience News|

#aging #beige-fat #diabetes

health3 years ago•2 min saved

Unlocking the Secrets of Metabolism and Fat Storage.

Researchers at Cornell University have discovered that stimulating the production of beige fat cells could reverse the effects of a slowing metabolism, which could prevent age-related weight gain and associated health disorders like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and chronic inflammation. Beige fat has the same thermogenic properties as brown fat, which means it helps to reduce blood sugar and the fatty acids that cause hardening of the arteries and heart disease. The researchers identified a specific signaling pathway that suppresses beige fat formation in older mice by antagonizing the immune system, and by suppressing that pathway in aging mice, they were able to prompt beige fat production in aged animals that otherwise would not.

via Cornell Chronicle|