Studies Show Exposure to Cold Causes Fat Cell Death
Increasing exposure to the cold helps turn on our brown fat, helping people keep weight off and lessen obesity issues. Researchers have recommended more people turn down their thermostats for a few hours per day during the winter season, and published the study in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Using biopsies, scientists found that, belly and thigh fat showed greater signs of “browning” in the winter season than did fat samples taken during the summer. Due to the fact that make us understand that cold temperatures facilitate the transformation of white fat into beige. Some of the houses in winter are heated to around 69F (21C), but Maastricht University Medical Centre advises to turn it down to between 62F (17C) and 59F (15) for at least few hours each day. Researches say this because we all try to overheat our houses or offices during the winter season without knowing that this fact can cause our bodies to not naturally burn calories to keep warm.
The New York Times highlighted an article about a group of men that slept in a metabolic chamber that was kept at a mildly chilly 66 degrees. After four weeks of sleeping at this temperature, the men had almost doubled their volume of brown fat, experienced an increase in insulin sensitivity, and even burned a few more calories throughout the next day.
This practice is known as “cold thermogenesis,” and can lead to doubling of the volume of metabolically active brown fat, an increase in insulin sensitivity, and the burning of more calories.
Cold thermogenesis would be sitting in a 50-60 degree room while only wearing shorts, which is significant for brown fat formation.
Hardcore intensity cold thermogenesis can be done if we wear a pair of compression shorts filled with ice packs. This will start shivering the body, then will surely burns massive amounts of calories.
Ice Therapy To Burn More Body Fat
Tim Ferriss is the author of a book called The Four-Hour Body, which includes the concept of activating your brown fat, to boost fat burning by exposing yourself to frigid temperatures. Ferriss said that you can increase your fat burning potential as much as 300% by adding ice therapy to your healthy eating and workout routine. A Livestrong article backs up Ferriss’ claim stating:
A NASA scientist told ABC News that’s no hyperbole. In studying the effects of temperature on astronauts, he saw people’s metabolism boost by 20 percent in environments as mild as 60 degrees. A Joslin researcher told National Public Radio that 3 oz. of brown fat could burn 400 to 500 calories daily.
Scientists Find Popsicles Kill Fat, Causing Dimples In Children
Fat cells that can be frozen and killed has also been proven through another way “Popsicle Panniculitis,” that shows excessive exposure to cold from popsicles can result in the dimpling of the cheeks.