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To detach from consumerism, it may help to feel embarrassed, alienated, and betrayed by it. Like a cirrhotic drunk at his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, we may find that it helps to admit that our life choices have had a whiff of insanity about them.
Beige fat cells, as described in chapter 1, have the potential to turn into energy-burning brown fat cells when activated by exercise.
The Secret Life of Fat
Sylvia Tara
This process is different from developing tolerance. Tolerance is the down-regulation of receptors with the chance of coming back. Once a neuron is dead, it ain’t never coming back. There’s less to work with, and you can’t make more neurons. All of which comes down to the same result: you need more to get less.
The Hacking of the American Mind
Robert H. Lustig
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