Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So per adipose cell, you're getting more mitochondria.

It's a beautiful way to basically make more heat.

It's one of those things where it's like your body's going, okay, I'm going to be exposed to this cold next time.

How can I make sure I don't die?

Oh, I can have more mitochondria and I'm going to make more heat.

And so you're making more mitochondria in your adipose tissue.

And this is often referred to as like the browning of fat.

And the reason for that is because if you look under a microscope at a lipid drop, you know, basically a fat cell.

not a lipid drop, an adipocyte, you'll find that it looks darker because there's more mitochondria in there.

So it's referred to as browning fat.

That's awesome.

You want more mitochondria in your muscle.

It's associated with improved muscle mass, improved endurance.

I mean, mitochondria are essentially...

than making energy in your cell.

And we don't make more mitochondria normally, like you have certain inputs, high intensity interval training exercise can do it.

Your cells are turning over, you make new cells, you replace old ones with your mitochondria.

You don't really do that for the most part.

You can, mitochondrial biogenesis does happen, but you have to stimulate it to happen.

And the way your mitochondria, like what happens with your mitochondria is they essentially are bobbing around inside of your cells and then they fuse with other mitochondria, exchange all their content, mitochondrial DNA, and then fizz back apart.