What is Thermogenesis ?
Thermogenesis is a process of heat production in the living beings. Animals hibernate due to thermogenesis in the winter season. It is a complex process of thermal energy or heat energy in the animal body. Thermogenesis involves a complex cycle of chemical and metabolic activities. End product of which is joules and calories of heat energy.
Thermogenesis in Human beings
Different studies have shown that this pure process of thermal energy production also takes place in the man. A different kind of fat tissue called Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT- A different type of fat ) is involved in the thermogenesis. Biological researches have indicated that BAT produces calories of heat energy only without any other harmful or toxic by product. Heat energy produced is directly radiated to the blood and distributed to whole of the body, to keep body warm.
BAT and Obesity
Brown adipose tissue or good fat content of body helps in fight against obesity. Regular fat of body is not utilized in the body metabolism to produce heat energy to be utilized by the body. Other way round regular fat produces toxic substances in the body which produce different other obesity related diseases. Another study indicates the amount of BAT directly reduces obesity in the body. So even BAT is a good indicator of obesity level of the body.
Thermogenesis and Weight loss
Weight loss is associated with thermogenesis in all of its forms. Drug weight loss, dietary weight loss, or weight loss exercises all involve thermogenesis at some stage of their action involved in the weight loss. As all are meant to reduce extra fat of body which produces heat energy. So thing of debate is that which way of thermogenesis is safe and more effective. Thermogenesis also takes place normally in the body after every meal but no fat tissue of body is reduced, as all of the heat energy directly comes from the diet which is taken. Themogeneic weight loss takes place when any other thing activates thermogenesis other from diet.
Themogeneic herbs
There are certain herbs which are considered to be themogeneic. These are thought to be potential weight loss products. Green tea is one those herbs which are associated with themogeneic weight loss. Most safe themogeneic weight loss herbs are thought be that which act on BAT. There some other herbs which are under study to be used for weight loss.
Themogeneic Weight loss
Weight loss in most of its forms is associated with the thermogenesis. Its not a special type of weight loss but every weight loss program has some thermogeneic segment in it. The which should be kept in mind for any kind of weight loss program is that thermogenesis involved in this program is of what intensity, and what is efficiency and side effects of this program.
