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🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | What is a brown fat and how is it related to cold showers and why should you care? |
0:12.0 | Brown fat is a type of body. And why should you care? |
0:13.0 | Brown fat is a type of body fat that differs from white fat in both function and appearance. |
0:21.0 | It's responsible for generating heat and maintaining our body temperature, whereas white fat stores |
0:29.0 | excess energy. |
0:32.0 | Brown is called Brown because of its rich supply of iron-rich mitochondria, |
0:39.0 | which are the energy factories of ourselves. Having higher levels of brown fat is associated |
0:47.2 | with numerous health benefits such as improved insulin sensitivity, |
0:53.7 | improved metabolism, |
0:55.9 | improved energy levels and weight management. |
0:59.4 | This is due to Brown Fat's role in metabolism and energy expenditure. |
1:06.0 | As we grow old, our levels of brown fat decrease, |
1:10.8 | which is why we need to find a way to maintain or increase our brown fat. |
1:17.0 | Cold exposure activates brown fat through a process called |
1:23.0 | Hormeses. |
1:24.0 | Hormeses is when a low dose of a stressor like cold temperature |
1:29.0 | actually benefits the body. |
1:32.0 | When we expose ourselves to the cold benefits the body. |
1:33.1 | When we expose ourselves to the cold, our brown fat works harder to generate heat and maintain |
1:39.5 | our core body temperature, leading to increased metabolism and energy expenditure. |
1:48.8 | In other words, stress is not all that bad. |
1:53.6 | Small doses of stress can actually be good for you. |
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