[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I just don't understand this brown fat/yellow fat thing. Is this a new concept? Because I thought I had heard of it all. Is it true? Google isn't really helping me here, and I trust you guys. I just find it hard to believe there is such a good type of body fat to have.
[–] Pikkunen 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The adipose tissues are totally different from each other on a cellular level. White fat cells contain one large drop off fat each. Brown fat cells contain multiple fat droplets and a lot of mitochondria. You can se the difference in the image below.
https://scienceisntscary.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/fat-cells.png
They se also derived from different tissues, white fat is related to connective tissue and brown fat is related to muscle tissue.
As @googlygoink said, their jobs are different brown fat makes heat while white fat stores fat. So white fat just grow and grow and store more and more fat. Brown fat is burning fat and keeping us warm.
It's worth to mention that grown ups only have really small amounts of brown fat, and the tissue doesn't grow so it won't crush our organs.
[–] mmmmdonuts ago
So weird to learn about. And I thought I knew everything haha. Thank you for the interesting answer and the link!
[–] Googlygoink [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's true, it's a fairly rare tissue type in temperate climates, babies are born with a fair amount of it but usually lose it quite quickly as they never need it.
Again, you grow it back just by being cold, when someone says they don't feel the cold, they probably just have more of that than average.
Beige fat is kinda the middle ground, having it isn't perfect, but it's better than yellow fat. They're both referred to as cellulite so it's brown cellulite and yellow/white cellulite (depending on convention, both mean the same but yellow is used more).
[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thank you very much for such an informative answer. This is pretty fascinating to learn. I even have a bit of a medical background (sort of... I mean I went to school as a Nursing Unit Clerk in Canada, which requires a 9 month course that goes over the human body and medical procedures, definitely not as difficult as most jobs in the medical field) and I still had never heard of it. TIL!
[–] shitonfatpeople 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
The problem with reading food labels is that fatties read "100 calories" and stop there. They don't see the "per serving" or the "10 servings per container". And then they eat the whole thing in one sitting and claim they only ate 100 calories, not 1000. That's why there are so many fats saying they've tried calorie counting with no results. They simply cannot read.
[–] Empleyfire 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Isn't the per serving or pr 100 grams very misleading when you want to know how much is in the container?
[–] QueefyHippo 0 points 17 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago
they don't need to do anything. They just need to do less of something. Keep sitting on your arse all day if you like. just cut your intake until you start losing.
[–] Swole_is_life 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is the infuriating thing if you stop to think about it. Weight loss only requires you to eat less. You don't have to do a damn thing except take whatever you're eating and cut it in half (or less, if you're a big enough fat fuck). You spend less money and take less time making/getting food. There is literally no downside.
[–] Googlygoink [S] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
No no no, you don't get it, this is so they can lose weight without changeing their intake so they don't go into Starvation mode.
[–] KikiCat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In fact you get to be lazier. Just don't eat. Dont grocery shop crap. Easier to say no once at the store than several times at home.