When you’re taking part in doctor supervised weight loss, you’ll hear a lot about “burning fat.” It’s an encouraging concept. You make some healthy changes to your diet, get a little more exercise, and the fat just melts away. But if you take a closer look at how fat cells work, you’ll discover that burning fat isn’t quite as simple as the term suggests.
Fat “burning” is actually a chemical process that occurs in the body, and fat cells serve a very important purpose. Here’s what you should know:
Your Body Replaces Dead Fat Cells
The number of fat cells in your body increase during childhood and young adulthood. They usually stabilize once you’re body stops changing and you reach full adulthood. Fat cells die just like skin cells or red blood cells. But studies have shown that, just like these other types of cells, fat cells are replaced after they die.
When you lose weight and burn fat, you aren’t actually eliminating fat cells. You’re just reducing their mass by chemically changing what’s stored inside them into usable energy. That’s why gaining weight back after we’ve lost it feels so easy even under doctor supervised weight loss. The cells are already there, we’re just increasing what’s stored inside them.
Some individuals may have more fat cells than others, but that doesn’t mean losing weight is impossible. Even if you have a high number of fat cells, you can lose weight by eating a healthier diet and making lifestyle changes.
Fat Cells Store Energy
Most of your body, like your organs, your muscles, and even your brain, is designed to use up energy. In a way, you’re conditioned to burn fat. Fat cells are there to store energy for later use. Given human history, fat cells have actually played a huge role in our survival. Our ancient ancestors could never be sure that food would be readily available. If they stored some of what they ate, they had a better chance of surviving through periods of food scarcity.
The general weight loss equation dictates that eating less while exercising more leads to a lower weight. Today, we understand that what we eat and how our bodies are built play a much greater role than we once realized. Our bodies use the glucose we obtain from foods as its initial fuel source. Once the glucose runs out, it resorts to using the energy stores in our fat cells.
There are several other factors that influence our weight beyond how fat cells work, like body toxicity and our hormones. But getting our bodies to use up the energy stored in our fat cells is the healthiest way to lose weight. Changing your fuel supply (the foods you eat) and detoxifying your body are the two methods commonly used during doctor supervised weight loss.
Fat Isn’t Only on the Outside
When we’re trying to lose weight, we think a lot about the fat around our tummies, on our arms and legs, and on our rears. But fat is stored in several places internally as well as on the outside of our bodies. Fat is stored in the liver and on top of the kidneys in addition to the usual places. You can even find fat in your muscles.
Having too much fat within your liver and around your kidneys can cause serious health problems, which is why burning fat isn’t just a cosmetic concern. It can impact your overall health and the functionality of your internal organs.
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Unaposhiriki katika upungufu wa uzito unaosimamiwa na daktari, utasikia mengi juu ya kuchoma mafuta. Ni dhana yenye kutia moyo. Ukifanya mabadiliko ya afya katika lishe yako, fanya mazoezi zaidi, na mafuta yatayeyuka. Lakini ukitazama kwa karibu jinsi chembe za mafuta zinavyofanya kazi, utagundua kwamba kuchoma mafuta si rahisi kama neno hilo linavyodokeza. "Kuungua mafuta" kwa kweli ni mchakato wa kemikali unaotokea mwilini, na chembe za mafuta hutumikia kusudi muhimu sana. Hapa ni nini unapaswa kujua: Mwili wako inabadilisha seli za mafuta wafu Idadi ya seli za mafuta katika mwili wako ongezeko wakati wa utoto na vijana watu wazima. Kwa kawaida huimarika wakati mwili wako unapoacha kubadilika na unapofikia umri wa kukomaa. Chembe za mafuta hufa kama vile chembe za ngozi au chembe nyekundu za damu. Utafiti unaonyesha kwamba, kama vile seli za aina nyingine, seli za mafuta hufanyiwa kazi baada ya kufa. Unapopoteza uzito na kuchoma mafuta, kwa kweli haupo kuondoa chembe za mafuta. Wewe ni tu kupunguza wingi wao kwa kemikali kubadilisha nini ni kuhifadhiwa ndani yao katika nishati inayoweza kutumika. Hiyo ndiyo sababu kupata uzito nyuma baada ya sisi wamepoteza ni anahisi hivyo rahisi hata chini ya daktari kusimamiwa kupoteza uzito. Chembe ziko tayari, sisi ni tu kuongeza nini ni kuhifadhiwa ndani yao. Huenda watu fulani wakawa na chembe za mafuta nyingi kuliko wengine, lakini hilo halimaanishi kwamba haiwezekani kupoteza uzito. Hata kama una idadi kubwa ya chembe za mafuta, unaweza kupoteza uzito kwa kula vyakula vyenye afya na kufanya mabadiliko katika mtindo wa maisha. Chembe za mafuta huhifadhi nishati - Sehemu kubwa ya mwili wako, kama vile viungo vyako, misuli yako, na hata ubongo wako, imebuniwa kutumia nishati. Kwa njia fulani, umezoezwa kuchoma mafuta. Chembe za mafuta ziko hapo ili kuhifadhi nishati kwa ajili ya matumizi ya baadaye. Katika historia ya binadamu, chembe za mafuta zimekuwa na jukumu muhimu katika uhai wetu. Mababu zetu wa kale hawakuweza kuwa na uhakika kwamba chakula kingepatikana kwa urahisi. Walipokuwa wakifunga chakula walichokula, walikuwa na nafasi kubwa ya kuishi wakati wa upungufu wa chakula. Kwa ujumla, kupunguza uzito kunamaanisha kwamba kula kidogo na kufanya mazoezi zaidi kunamaanisha kupunguza uzito. Leo, tunaelewa kwamba kile tunachokula na jinsi mwili wetu unavyojengwa hutimiza fungu kubwa zaidi kuliko tulivyofikiri. Mwili wetu hutumia glukosi tunayopata kutoka kwa chakula kuwa chanzo chake cha kwanza cha mafuta. Glucose inapokwisha, inahitaji kutumia hifadhi za nishati katika chembe zetu za mafuta. Kuna mambo mengine mengi yanayoathiri uzito wetu zaidi ya jinsi chembe za mafuta zinavyofanya kazi, kama vile sumu ya mwili na homoni zetu. Kuongeza nguvu ya mwili wako katika chembe za mafuta ni njia bora ya kupoteza uzito. Kubadilisha mafuta yako (laini ya chakula) na kuondoa sumu kutoka kwenye mwili wako ni mbinu mbili zinazotumiwa kwa kawaida wakati wa kupoteza uzito chini ya usimamizi wa daktari. Mafuta si ya nje tu Tunapojaribu kupoteza uzito, tunafikiria sana juu ya mafuta karibu na tumbo letu, kwenye mikono na miguu yetu, na nyuma yetu. Mafuta huhifadhiwa katika sehemu kadhaa ndani na nje ya mwili. Mafuta huhifadhiwa katika ini na juu ya figo pamoja na sehemu za kawaida. Unaweza hata kupata mafuta katika misuli yako. Kuwa na mafuta mengi ndani ya ini lako na karibu na figo zako kunaweza kusababisha matatizo makubwa ya afya, na ndiyo sababu kuchoma mafuta si wasiwasi wa urembo tu. Inaweza kuathiri afya yako ya jumla na utendaji wa viungo vyako vya ndani. Je, uko tayari kufanya mabadiliko maishani mwako? Hebu tuzungumze CLICK HERE