How circadian rhythms underlie energy production in the ‘good form of fat’

Can your sleeping habits be causing you gain weight?

Can your sleep be the cause of your weight gain?

 

“Circadian rhythms orchestrate a vast number of life’s processes through the activity of a 24-hour internal clock: hormone flow, blood pressure, sleep and wake cycles, and even the timing of hibernation among marmots and bears, are controlled by a biological timepiece.

At the University of Pennsylvania, a team of scientists has been exploring the  and its relationship to brown adipose tissue, the so-called “good” form of fat. The team has uncovered the molecular underpinnings that explain how this type of fat has a chronobiological—circadian—role in the activity of brown fat, a dynamic type of tissue that provides energy through a heat-generating process called thermogenesis.

In humans brown fat is associated with being lean. In mice, rats and hibernating species, it’s often linked with survival.”

Source: How circadian rhythms underlie energy production in the ‘good form of fat’