nutrition articles • Page 12 of 12 • Lara Briden

9 Ways to Make Your Brown Fat Work for You

August 3, 2016August 29, 2011 by Lara Briden

Brown fat is not something that you eat. It’s a type of body fat that you want to have. According to Harvard researcher Dr Kahn, brown fat promotes significant weight loss.

“The thing about brown fat is that it takes a very small amount to burn a lot of energy.” – Dr. C. Ronald Kahn

This special fat, which is found at the back of the neck and between the shoulders blades, is brown under the microscope because it has a high concentration of mitochondria, which are the furnaces of the cell. Mitochondria convert energy to heat, so having active brown fat is a great way to burn away calories. This process is thermogenesis (heat-generation).

Send Your Genes a Raspberry Email. The Surprising Nature of Phytonutrients

December 15, 2014August 24, 2011 by Lara Briden

Late summer in the Canadian Rockies means berries. As I plucked them off their brave little bushes, I thought: “What an amazing plant to grow here, in – let’s face it – a rather harsh climate.”

And consider this: Raspberries chronicle their struggle with the environment as tiny chemical messages called anthocyanins, and when we eat them, those messages talk directly to our genes. As a result, our bodies become more resilient to our own stressful environment.