How does your body 'burn' fat?
- Written by David Prologo, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University
Increasing the amount of exercise is one way to use the energy stored in fat cells, or to 'burn' fat.HoonQ/Shutterstock.com
Many of us may be considering “burning some fat” so we feel better in our bathing suits out on the beach or at the pool. What does that actually mean, though?
The normal fat cell exists primarily to store energy....