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By: brownfat

brownfat — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:34:19 +0000

brown fat for a healthy life.

By: Shirley Rothwell

Shirley Rothwell — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:57 +0000

I am intriqued about Brown Fat; it is an corridor of Health awareness. I can sleep in a cold room, but walking around in a cold house is difficult, I am prone to arthitis; but I feel so refreshed upon waking up in the morning. Please More tips on the Brown fat.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:51:47 +0000

Guess we know why those Canadians are so skinny now, eh?

By: sara

sara — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:29:45 +0000

This article is quite interesting and infact its very known in Sweden that even in the kindergardens we usually leave the kids sleeping in their buggies for like an hour or so in the cold in order for them to be capable of keeping their brown fat, what i was wondering if the brown fat proportions are somewhat the same in people born/bred in cold countries vs. those born/bred in hot environments. for example what if someone born in Africa and lived their childhood their, then they move to a cold country, would they have any brown fat left? or would have they lost it completely? can you reactivate it?

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:35:52 +0000

I think that most Americans are not lazy about solving problems, they are simply lazy about being informed on HOW to solve problems. They are also poorly informed about the existence of those problems. With all of the media hype about things that rarely amount to anything personally important, its no wonder Americans ignore most of what they hear and wait until it directly impacts their life before they believe what they hear and see in the media. With all the mis-information and slanted information at our finger tips its hard to know what to believe…making it hard to care about the same things.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:30:48 +0000

I agree with Craig and Sophie.

For example: stop reading articles about increasing brown fat, stop eating garbage, and exercise from time to time. Those seem like behavioral changes that would solve health problems for millions of obese Americans. Not going to happen without some serious changes to how people think.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:19:37 +0000

Rob, I don’t think recycling solves someone’s personal problems. I think Craig is saying that in general, Americans are lazy at solving their personal problems.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:44:15 +0000

>Craig End says:
>The last 30 years have proven that Americans will not change behavior to solve their problems

Generalize much?? How about recycling?? People predicted American’s would not recycle. Now almost all communities (at least in the east) have recycling programs and a lot of states have bottle bills that are well participated in. I remember as a kid seeing trash and bottles everywhere around streets and highways. You just don’t see that anymore. And what about what happened with gas prices last fall… Prices went up and so many people curtailed usage that the prices dived and inventories rose. Gas is just now getting back up to $2. Americans will change if it makes sense and they are properly incentivized.

By: max

max — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:13:16 +0000

It’s been known for decades that brown fat grows in adults exposed to colder environments. In fact, back in the 1970′s I went through a phase in which I jogged on cold winter days in order to alter the proportion of brown fat my body made based on the science media hype about it then.

The only new news I can detect here is the identification of some protein which may regulate that proportion. Practically though, it will probably (always) be a lot cheaper for most people to get more of it just by turning down the thermostat rather than invest in some expensive gene or protein therapy. And exercise is effective in reducing all fat, no matter what color it is, or the temperature outside.

By: Suzanne Bowman

Suzanne Bowman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:35:04 +0000

I just tested a product by Bodywell Nutrition called Top Secret. It targets triggering the brown fat and I had never heard of such a thing. Now that I read this article I understand what they were talking about. It worked for me.

By: Craig End

Craig End — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:43:15 +0000

“Turn down the heat and burn calories”. Yeah, that’ll work — just as well as asking Americans in the 70′s to turn down the heat and wear a sweater to save energy.

The last 30 years have proven that Americans will not change behavior to solve their problems. The pattern is getting worse, not better.

Craig in Seattle