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New way to lose weight: Scientists stimulate brown fat to burn more energy from food

The number of overweight persons is greatly increasing worldwide – and as a result is the risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease. For this reason, many people dream of an efficient method for losing weight. … Continue reading

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How common white fat can be turned into energy-burning brown fat in humans

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered, for the first time in humans, that the widely reviled energy storing white fat can be turned into an energy burning brown fat that uses up excess calories. … Continue reading

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