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A cooler home promotes weight loss
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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Recently, the fight against extra pounds and obesity has become widespread, and scientists are conducting more and more research on new methods that will not only normalize your weight without harming your health, but also maintain the result. Recently, Australian specialists have found in their research that the best way to fight extra pounds is cool air in the room. As experiments have shown, low room temperature leads to an increase in the level of brown fat in the body, while heat leads to its loss.
Brown fat is necessary for burning energy needed to produce heat in the body. Previously, scientists assumed that brown fat was only found in newborns and that its reserves were used up in childhood. However, recent work by specialists in this field has shown that minor deposits of brown fat are also found in adults.
Other research groups claim that increased levels of brown fat in the body help normalize blood sugar levels, blood lipids, and help reduce the risk of obesity. All these studies confirm the fact that brown fat is indispensable in the fight against obesity and diabetes.
Dr. Paul Lee conducted an experiment in one of Sydney's medical institutes, for which five volunteers (men) were selected. The participants in the experiment were exposed to different temperatures from 19 to 27 degrees Celsius for four months. All men had to go about their usual business (work, meetings, etc.), only spending the night in a room in which the temperature was controlled by specialists, and where they had to spend at least 10 hours. In the first and third months of the experiment, the temperature was considered neutral, since the body did not produce energy to warm up. At the beginning of the experiment, specialists determined the level of brown fat in the body of each of the participants.
After the end of the study, the specialists found that in the second month of the experiment, when the room temperature was at 19-20 0 C, the amount of brown fat in the participants increased by 30-40%. In the third month, the amount of fat returned to the original value, and in the fourth month, the amount of brown fat decreased significantly.
At the same time, the researchers noted that this feature of the body did not depend on the outside temperature.
In addition, the experts found that the participants' insulin sensitivity increased after the level of brown fat in the body increased. These results indicate that high levels of brown fat contribute to the fact that after eating, the body requires less insulin to reduce the amount of sugar in the blood. It follows that brown fat is useful for people with diabetes. As the researchers note, the results obtained can be used to open up new perspectives in the treatment of various disorders associated with metabolism.
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