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The choice of diet is determinative for the manifestation of UCP1-dependent diet-induced thermogenesis

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A main reason for the present interest in brown adipose tissue in humans is the possibility that this tissue mediates diet-induced thermogenesis, i.e., the ability to combust some of the foods eaten, thus lessening the burden of obesity. However, several recent papers have queried the existence of diet-induced thermogenesis. We demonstrate that these negative observations are explainable by the types of diet offered, and diet-induced thermogenesis thus remains a potentially important contributor to metabolic equilibrium.

Source: American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00038.2025