Eating turns your brain into brown fat, which generates heat

"Cell Metabolism" recently published the latest publication from Monash University in Australia. The research team discovered a possible mechanism by which the brain integrates energy expenditure, and this research result also provides a potential treatment target for obesity-related diseases.

In the study, the authors found that after a meal, the brain responds by causing an increase in insulin to enter the circulation, which begins as blood sugar rises. Next, the brain transmits signals to induce the browning of fat to consume energy. Browning refers to the transformation of white fat tissue, which is originally used to store energy, into brown fat tissue, which is used to generate heat. If the body is in a fasting state today, the brain will transmit signals to guide the brown fat tissue, which originally consumed energy, to transform into white fat tissue to reduce energy consumption and store energy.

The study was published in Cell Metabolism, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 375-393.e7

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