Fat Loss
Healthy weight loss is really an attempt to reduce excess body fat. We should believe that permanent fat loss is a process to be followed lifelong.
What are Fats and how do they effects us
There are two main types of fat saturated and unsaturated. Saturated fats are the ones we should try to avoid as the more saturates we eat the more cholesterol the body produces. This builds up in our blood and can increase the risk of developing heart disease and other health problems.
If you possess a high number of fat cells you MUST exercise & diet using correct scientific principles in order to reduce fat stores and empty fat cells. Many overweight people manage to lose weight yet still cannot manage to reduce their total fat percentage down to a level where the abdominal muscles can be clearly seen.
Our genetic potential for developing a very lean body is largely related to the number of subcutaneous (under the skin) fat cells surrounding the body and to a lesser degree the amount of visceral fat (invisible fat within the body cavity).
For most people the amount of visceral fat seems to be directly related to the amount of subcutaneous fat.
We all have a different number of fat cells surrounding the body. At around the age of 16 years the number of fat cells are established and our lifestyle and genes both play a part in the outcome. Once numbers are determined rarely are they reduced, what actually happens when we burn fat is the amount of fat stored within each fat cell decreases and the fat cell simply shrinks in volume.
Although our genes control the number of fat cells we have, this is not the only factor in weight management. Our lifestyle and eating habits play a huge part.
|