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Researchers say they’ve found a “toggle switch” that controls whether fat cells in the body burn up or store their energy.
The switch is the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a protein that binds with vitamin D. Along with many already identified functions, it also determines whether fat cells become the brown, energy-burning type or the white, energy-storing type, according to the researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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