As the temperature rose, the fat started to disintegrate. Overall, we found that the best way to disintegrate fat cells was by exposing them to extreme basic pHs. Fat even the mere mention of the word sends a chill down the spine of most Americans today. We are taught early on in life that it is bad, and should be gotten rid of. Actually that is not true.
Fats are an essential part of our bodies and nutrition .
Fat cushions an protects vital organs, and it insulates our bodies against the cold air, yet everyone wants to get rid of it. We therefore decided to find out what could happen if our homeostatic mechanisms suddenly stopped working. These mechanisms include the kidneys, which control pH, and the hypothalamus in the brain which controls body temperature. We therefore tested those two variables, temperature and pH, and the effect of each on the size and general appearance of the fat cells. As stated earlier, in our experiment, we decided to test the effects that temperature and pH have on the size and quantity of the fat cells.