This week Reactions is taking a look at fat cell chemistry. There’s some science happening in your body when it’s cold out. Today we’re talking fat, and whether or not the shivering cold can help you shed a couple extra pounds.

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Writer/Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Stephen Farmer, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers
Alison Le

Music:
Pure Natural – Solar Rhapsody
Roberto Daglio – Mr. Fantastic

SOURCES:
To Burn Fat, You Can Shiver – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140211-shivering-cold-exercise-brown-fat-white-fat-irisin-metabolism-weight-loss/
Adipocytes, Beige and Brown – http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v19/n10/full/nm.3361.html
More on Adipocytes – http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/adipose/adipose.html
On how fats are stored – http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/fat-cell3.htm
Obesity Issue – http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-american-adults-more-obese-20151112-story.html
NEAT Thermogensis – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12468415
Why We Shiver – http://www.livescience.com/32475-why-do-we-shiver-when-cold.html
Brown Fat to Battle Obesity – https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supercharging-brown-fat-to-battle-obesity/
On Irisin Hormone – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22237023
Exercize and irisin – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26278051
Cold and irisin – http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(14)00006-0
Shivering – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071217111007.htm
Iron in Mitochondira – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18948172

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