Because it's an endocrine organ, and what that means is it releases hormones.

So it's very much like your adrenal gland or your pituitary gland or thyroid gland.

Fat is a gland.

It releases a number of hormones that our body depends on.

So fat's doing a number of things, not just storing calories.

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in biochemistry from the University of California, and today I'm joined by Dr. Sylvia Tara, who holds a PhD in biochemistry from the

University of California and an MBA from a little school known as the Wharton School of Business.

She was also a consultant with McKinsey, and she's worked at the world's largest biotech companies,

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I can't wait to share it with you, and that is called The Secret Life of Fat.

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