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Re:Brown Fat, Triggered by Cold or Exercise, May Yield a Key... by tallanvor on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @05:45AM (#3509253)
Cold apparently activates the brown fat - causing it to burn fat and sugar. Exercise seems to release a hormone that causes white fat to convert to brown fat, but they don't seem to know why exercise causes this yet.
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