It's been a while since I posted on Brenda's latest word. More accurately, it's been a year and a half, but who's counting. We have a grandchild in the family now, so blogging has taken on a whole new meaning.
I'm starting again though, consider this a new beginning...
I've just returned from four days in New Orleans. It was a fantastic trip, but I didn't have much time for family conversations, which means that I returned to some real gems in my inbox.
A few words on brown fat straight from the horse's mouth:
"Maybe Bree or Ani read about brown fat cells or heard it on NPR. Babies have brown fat cells to keep them warm, because they don’t have enough muscle mass to shiver. Until now, they (THEY) thought adults didn’t have brown fat cells, because they searched in the same place that babies have them: up and down the back bone.
Some adults have them, just a very few, in the hollow between collar bone and neck. They are literally brown. They work for you. They help metabolism. Perhaps explains why people my size are always cold and some others aren’t."
Now, don't you feel so much better about shivering?
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