the GAINS thread

[Cecily]

Brown adipose tissue is something I've been looking into recently. It's primarily cold activated (or from over feeding), and it burns off energy from regular white adipose tissue for fuel when you're shivering. 10-15 mins of shivering or several hours at <60 F a day can significantly increase the body's metabolism, around 200-400 calories a day. That's pretty cool. Haaa

Apparently this pathway is way more efficient at glucose transport vs insulin. We lose it as we get older, but cold exposure is supposed to help increase it.

I was outside walking for an hour recently at 24 F, and I noticed I was absolutely exhausted the next day with bad muscle fatigue from holding my shaver and getting dressed. Think I tanked my glycogen while I was out freezing. I'm wondering if controlled outdoor cold exposure and cold showers might be a good way to accelerate weight loss and maybe reverse my mom's diabetes to some extent.