Fat to treat diabetes?
Having fat would not necessarily be such a bad thing according to a recent American study. She might even. help fight type 1 diabetes.
Yes, fat is good, but not necessarily the fat we think of. This is brown fat. Brown fat? Yes, we have 2 types of fat in our body. White fat, and brown fat. It is also more scientifically called brown adipose tissue.
Foreword
We had already mentioned this fat in articlessuch as the one on cold andobesity or inthe one that indicated that chili pepper helped fight obesity.
White fat is the “bad” fat, the one that leads, when the rate is too high, to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc. On the other hand, brown fathas a thermoregulatory function, that is to say, ithelps regulate the temperature. Thus, burning brown fat storage cells helps to eliminate white fat. There is a high level of brown fat, especially in infants, because it helps them avoid hypothermia(2).
What does this have to do with diabetes?
But what does this have to do with diabetes? Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee in the USA studied the behavior of brown fat on diabetes. Their study was published in the journal American Psychological Society(1), and would demonstrate that brown fat helps fight type 1 diabetes.
To do this, the researchers grafted brown fat on diabetic mice. Surprising results: a week later, the mice were no longer suffering from diabetes at all! The transplant would have caused anincrease in the level of an insulin-like protein, which then led to a drop in blood sugar levels.
After these encouraging results in the treatment of diabetes, the goal is now to define how to increase the level of brown fat in the human body. Old studies had already been carried out a few years ago, demonstrating that shivering would increase brown fat in our body. The study was published at the time in the journal Cell Metabolism and would specify that shivering 10 to 15 minutes a day (by wearing clothes a little less hot or by lowering the temperature of our room at night for example) would increase both “good fat” and moderate physical activity(3).
Further research is therefore needed to achieve comprehensive results and solutions in the fight against diabetes.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.