The Role of Fat

You probably don't think of fat as an active part of your body, do you? Although researchers used to believe that fat cells were just big blobs of yuck waiting to get bigger or smaller, they now know that fat is an enormous endocrine gland, actively producing and reacting to hormones. The less fat you have, the less likely you are to overload your leptin receptors (the important hormone that helps your body figure out how hungry it is) and deafen them to what leptin is trying to tell them ― one more reason that fat-burning exercise is crucial for a healthy hormone balance!