Why sociable lose weight faster

Communication makes us slim? Scientists have shown that the presence of a large number of friends affects the human figure is better than regular exercise on a treadmill.

Researchers at Ohio State University believe that rich social life among the many friends and acquaintances will help a person slim   stronger than the classes at the gym. This is due to the fact that   sociability   increases the level of "brown fat" in the body that burns calories and raises the temperature.

The researchers placed the mice in a laboratory rich social environment. It was found that frequent contact with each other to help the mice to get rid of abdominal (located in the area of ​​the belly) fat by half within just four weeks. Moreover, these mice ate even more food than usual. US researchers believe that this is due to the conversion of white fat to brown, and which promotes sociability .

White fat makes us fat and brown, on the contrary, burns energy to generate heat, which helps us slim . Meanwhile, to activate the transition of white to brown fat is not easy, since in normal conditions of the organism to be subjected to low temperatures, or to activate a part of the nervous system of the brain.

But American scientists from Ohio found another way - using friends. In their opinion, sociability   It is even more effective method of transformation than the two mentioned above. Author Dr. Matthew Dyuring wrote in an article for the journal Cell Metabolism on how the amount was shocked to lose fat, which is fixed at the socially active mice. No treadmill is not able to repeat such impressive results. However, it remains to test this theory in humans. It is possible that soon will nutritionists prescribe its customers a complete communication with friends instead of going to the gym.

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