Feeling chubby? A new study says the “bad fat” you’re carrying around can be transformed into “good fat.” But if you’re thinking the news is too good to be true, you may be right – the result has so far only been seen in severely stressed people. Although body fat is generally viewed negatively, there are actually two types – and one helps you burn calories. Previous studies have shown that “good fat,” known as brown fat, can actually increase metabolism and lower blood sugar levels when it is switched on in people. However, there’s a catch. The average adult barely has any brown fat. In fact, we only carry around two ounces of it. The rest of our fat is – you guessed it – the bad kind (known as white fat). But what if scientists could determine a way to turn the bad kind of fat into the good kind? That’s exactly what researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to do. In a new  published in the journal Cell Metabolism on Tuesday, scientists explainedthat white fat can, indeed, be successfully turned into brown fat. However, the results have so far only been seen in people who have been subjected to severe, adrenaline-releasing stress. Lead researcher Ladros Sidossis, director of the metabolism unit at Shriners Hospitals for Children, and his colleagues specifically focused on individuals who had undergone severe burns, as Sidossis knew that burn injuries covering more than 30 percent of the body cause the body’s stress response to remain high for weeks. FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE CLICK Comments