Posted on 11/14/2025 2:57:04 PM PST by ConservativeMind
It's not pleasant to shiver from the cold, but for some, it has the appeal of making the body burn more energy as heat than when staying in a warmer environment. This process of burning energy through heat loss is called thermogenesis.
While scientists and pharmaceutical companies are exploring ways to trick the body into thinking it's cold, obesity researchers set out to investigate another route: a form of thermogenesis triggered by eating specialized diets rather than temperature.
After conducting a series of mouse studies, the researchers concluded that diet-induced thermogenesis led to nearly the same amount of weight loss as 24/7 exposure to five degrees Celsius.
More specifically, the researchers adjusted the amount of the amino acids methionine and cysteine in the mice's diet over a seven-day period. Mice that received a low-methionine/cysteine diet burned more energy than those given a standard diet.
"The mice that burned the most energy ate the same amount of food as the others. We saw a 20% increase in their thermogenesis. They lost more weight, and it was not because they ate less or exercised more—they simply generated more heat," explains Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld.
Methionine and cysteine are amino acids that are found at high levels in animal proteins and at low levels in foods like vegetables, nuts and legumes that promote healthy aging as shown in this study. Thus, vegetarians and vegans naturally consume less methionine or cysteine than meat-eaters.
The researchers also examined where in the body the energy burning took place. It occurred in the so-called beige fat depots—the type of fat stored beneath the skin. Fat was burned in these depots during both cold-induced and diet-induced thermogenesis.
"This tells us that beige fat doesn't care whether the burning is triggered by cold or by diet," says Ruppert.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
would not having those two amino acids maybe make the mice burn muscle or other parts of the body instead of fat? I didnt see where it said burned fat, just said “energy” which could be important stuff consumed to create energy.
Once again the same old “animal protein bad, vegetables good” song and dance.
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As three blind mice?
Every single time i go vegan to lose weight i lose weight fast. And i eat allot of food. But all plant based. Then i start back and slowly re introduce meat and my weight slowly climbs if I can’t increase my workouts. Plus my cholesterol drops drematically every time.
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Well it seems that those animals we eat, like, beef, fowl, etc, are all vegetarians so we eat vegetarian meat.
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