Good Fat, Bad Fat

Ever heard of fighting fat with fat?  A new study reveals that your body has good and bad types of body fat, just like cholesterol.  Scientists until recently believed this good fat, which spurs the body to burn calories to generate body heat, played an important role in keeping infants warm but by adulthood was mostly gone or inactive.  

However, now scientists have discovered that some good fat remains in adults, which assists in boosting your metabolism.  The result = weight loss.  The "good fat" burns more energy than the other fats, which helps shed the pounds.  

The good fat is a brownish color, while the more predominant bad fat is white or yellow. Brown fat is stored mostly around the neck and under the collarbone. White fat tends to concentrate around the waistline, where it stores excess energy and releases chemicals that control metabolism and the use of insulin.

Regardless of this new discovery, diet and exercise are still strongly advised.  To read more on this topic, check out the New England Journal of Medicine.