Body is made up of fat cells, some that store excess energy to release when required, and some called brown adipocytes, that help the body in the process of heat generation or thermogenesis. The study conducted with lab mice showed that mice that didn’t have the protein were able to lose weight as compared to others with protein.
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“Our discovery may help explain why overweight individuals find it incredibly hard to lose weight”, Dr. Andrew Whittle, author of the study said.
A team of experts has found that a certain protein found in the body (sLR11) of fat people suppresses the calorie burning process. In addition, following bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery), the obese patients’ degree of weight loss was directly proportional to the postoperative drop in their sLR11 levels, clearly indicating that sLR11 protein is produced by fat cells.
Researchers through a study have found that if a person has tried every possible effort to lose weight and still he or she is not getting the desired results then in this case it’s not your fault it’s the high amount of fat that is stored in the body. The study managed to show that, in the case of the mice, whose bodies did not possess the gene required to produce the protein, there was difficulty regarding weight gain and that the body fat that they did have was burned a lot faster.
In a study involving mice, the researchers discovered that sLR11 binds to fat cell receptors to prevent the activation of thermogenesis.
Finally, researchers have explained why it is very hard for some people to lose weight even after hours of workout while some lose weight in a jiffy. It would not be wrong to state that more a person has fat in his body, more hard it is going to be for him to lose weight.
What happens is that the protein causes the fat that is already stored inside the person’s body to actually fight against the fat-burning process on a molecular level by resisting it more.
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They also found that levels of sLR11 in humans who are fatter were greater in number. And this information may lead to the creation of drugs in the future which target this prime protein. sLR11 ia a chief means by which the body conserves its fat stores.
