The brown fat, located in the clavicular and intervertebral zone of the people, can be used to regulate glucose fluctuations, which opens a door in the fight against diabetes, according to an Australian study released this Friday, reports EFE.
"We believe that brown fat works as a glucose shock absorber, mitigating the fluctuation of its levels," the Endocrinologist Paul Lee, of the Medical Research Institute Garvan, based in the Australian city of Sydney told the local chain.
For this research, which was published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism (cellular metabolism), Lee and a group of colleagues continuously measured, for 12 hours, the activity of brown fat, also known as brown adipose tissue, and the value it generatedin the skin of 15 people who enjoyed good health.
The researchers determined that glucose levels were reduced with the activity of brown fat in the group of people who had an abundant amount of this adipose tissue.
"These people had very stable glucose levels throughout the day," said Lee, who stressed that brown fat, along with a healthy diet and physical exercises, can contribute to fighting diabetes.
The researchers also noticed that the activity of brown fat increases at dawn, which was linked to the evolution of human beings who in the past hunted during the cold mornings, although it is believed that it would be decreasing in modern times.
"Perhaps not exposing us to cold due to the use of heating and clothing systems could be factors that contribute diabetes," said Lee, who said that the solution does not go through cold but finding the trigger for the activity of the activity ofBrown fat.
Previous studies have shown that the amount of brown fat increases with prolonged exposure at an average temperature of about 19 degrees Celcius and decreases with exposure to warmer temperatures, added the source.