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I'm fasting, and wow you can really tell when your metabolism switches down. I normally run pretty warm; I keep the house set to a cooler temp, yet am usually barefoot and in a t-shirt around the house even in the middle of winter. Right now I've got socks and a sweatshirt on and am still chilly!

🤯 Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
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Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a potent pathway that begins in the brain and leads to loss of all body fat without reducing food intake. The study is reported in Nature Metabolism.

"Low-level exposure to bisphenol A before birth can permanently alter metabolism, immunity, and disease risk in sex-specific ways."
Common Plastic Chemical Found To Feminize Males and Masculinize Females
https://scitechdaily.com/common-plastic-chemical-found-to-feminize-males-and-masculinize-females/

🔥 Triggering self-combustion in fat cells for weight loss
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Triggering self-combustion in fat cells for weight loss
Ordinary fat cells in obese animals can be induced to burn energy stores, generating substantial heat, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. In the study, published in Nature Metabolism, the researchers showed that in fat cells called white adipocytes, high levels of fatty acids from fat stores, in the presence of a key enzyme called AAC, can trigger a process that uses fat to produce heat and increase energy expenditure. They demonstrated that this process c…