Researchers have managed to identify a way to convert 'bad' white fat into 'good' brown fat - a breakthrough they say could soon lead to better treatments for people suffering from obesity. White fat stores calories in our hips, bellies, and thighs, whereas, brown fat burns calories through a process that generates heat . As per a report, researchers have found that blocking a specific protein in white fat triggered the fat to begin to brown into beige fat, a type of fat in between white and brown, thus causing the fat cells to heat up and burn calories.
"Our research suggests that by targeting a protein in white fat, we can convert bad fat into a type of fat that fights obesity," says the assistant professor of medicine at a University in Washington, St. Louis. Though beige fat it is almost like an intermediary between white fat and brown fat, it functions more like brown fat and can…
