Can sound burn fat? Scientists are amazed!

Instead of trendy diets and questionable weight-loss pills, the music you listen to may influence your body’s metabolism — Japanese researchers have reached exactly this scientific conclusion.

Dr. Masahiro Kumeta and his team from Kyoto University emphasized that sound is not just noise, but a vibration that passes through air, water, and even human tissue. This natural resource could open up new possibilities in medicine.

How was the research conducted?

Kumeta’s group recorded changes in the activity of 42 genes after exposing muscle cells to sound waves of various frequencies. Among them were genes responsible for fat cell formation. As a result, the cells became less prone to accumulating fat.

Surprisingly, just two hours of daily sound exposure was effective. Even in mature cells, fat content decreased by around 15%.

Why is this important?

Today, “acoustic therapy” is already being used to treat chronic pain, inflammation, and even in tissue regeneration. New research shows sound waves could also help regulate metabolism and assist in weight loss.

Meanwhile, a team at Stanford University is working on regenerating heart cells using sound, further confirming that acoustics could become a new branch in modern medicine.

Future goals

Kumeta and his team are now exploring the possibility of tuning sound waves to target specific cell types. This may lead to the development of accurate, potent, and safe therapeutic methods.

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