Exercise releases hormone that helps shed, prevent fat

Saturday, October 1, 2016 - 19:51 in Health & Medicine

If a workout feels like more pain than gain, here’s some motivation: Exercise releases a hormone that helps the body shed fat and keeps it from forming. A group led by a University of Florida Health researcher has learned more about how the hormone irisin helps convert calorie-storing white fat cells into brown fat cells […]

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