What's better than starting your day with a cup of hot coffee? That doing so can help fight obesity and diabetes as well.A recent study has found that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate 'brown fat', the body's own fat-fighting defences, which can fight against obesity and diabetes.Published in the journal 'Scientific Reports', the study is one of the first to be carried out in humans to discover components that can have a direct effect on 'brown fat' functions, an important part of the human body, which plays a key role in how fast calories can be burnt into energy.Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat found in humans and other mammals. Initially only attributed to babies and hibernating mammals, it was discovered in recent years that adults can have brown fat too. People with a lower body mass index (BMI) therefore have a higher amount of brown fat.Professor Michael Symonds, the University of Nottingham who co-directed the study said, ...
