> For several centuries the adipose tissue was dubbed as a simpleton, a nincompoop; > > A tissue sans a voice of its own, passive, dumb, and always excluded from the group. > > Of smart actors and prime regulatory organs in high places, the endocrine glands; > > The adipose tissue cut a sorry figure in their midst; it could hardly take a firm stand. > It was strewn around in the body; it had no anatomical site it could call its own. > > A mass of accumulated fat; just as a long-term fuel reserve she was popularly known. > > Her size and contents were just a reflection of the fuel supply and nutritional state. > > If there was plenty she would grow and in times of penury she would abate. > The adipose tissue was once confronted by the skeletal muscle and ridiculed by him. > > “You are a unidimensional character,” he quipped. “You function like the recycle bin.” > > “You are no better,” the adipose tissue retorted, “what's so wonderful about what you do? > > You might think that you ‘work,’ but …