True or False - Burnt fat releases past toxins...

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  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I'm nursing, and everything I've read cautions breastfeeding moms from losing weight too fast. According to Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (3rd Edition, Riordan, pp 440), it is noted that fad or rapid weight loss programs should be avoided because fat-soluble environmental contaminants and toxins stored in body fat are released into the milk when caloric intake is severely restricted.

    So as far as toxins getting released through weight loss, it appears to be true. I'm not sure about whether or not you would feel bad from the release.

    In all my years of breastfeeding, including reading a lot of info from La Leche League and other breastfeeding organisations, I've never come across this

    not saying it's not true - it could well be - but the biggest danger in excessive food restriction while breastfeeding is that it can cause problems maintaining adequate milk supply, and/or it can cause nutritional deficiency diseases in the mother (and possibly the baby too if the restriction is severe enough).
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    It's an idea that I've come across a few times over the years...

    As you gain weight, your fat cells collect and hold toxins, perhaps for years.
    Then, when you burn the fat and lose weight, the toxins are released back into your system and make you feel awful.

    Has anyone else heard of this?

    If so, during your weight loss, have you felt sick, lightheaded, nauseous, etc? Could this be the cause?

    That's called under eating. If you feel sick, lightheaded, nauseous, eat a hundred more calories a day.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    It's an idea that I've come across a few times over the years...

    As you gain weight, your fat cells collect and hold toxins, perhaps for years.
    Then, when you burn the fat and lose weight, the toxins are released back into your system and make you feel awful.

    Has anyone else heard of this?

    If so, during your weight loss, have you felt sick, lightheaded, nauseous, etc? Could this be the cause?

    That's called under eating. If you feel sick, lightheaded, nauseous, eat a hundred more calories a day.

    This...not because toxins are being released.

    Eat more food.
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  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I'm nursing, and everything I've read cautions breastfeeding moms from losing weight too fast. According to Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (3rd Edition, Riordan, pp 440), it is noted that fad or rapid weight loss programs should be avoided because fat-soluble environmental contaminants and toxins stored in body fat are released into the milk when caloric intake is severely restricted.

    So as far as toxins getting released through weight loss, it appears to be true. I'm not sure about whether or not you would feel bad from the release.
    In all my years of breastfeeding, including reading a lot of info from La Leche League and other breastfeeding organisations, I've never come across this

    not saying it's not true - it could well be - but the biggest danger in excessive food restriction while breastfeeding is that it can cause problems maintaining adequate milk supply, and/or it can cause nutritional deficiency diseases in the mother (and possibly the baby too if the restriction is severe enough).

    This is a problem with River Dolphins and other mammals with high body fat that are routinely exposed to environmental contaminants - especially the ones that put on a lot of weight during the winter and shed it during the summer. I tried to do a paper on the subject for an undergraduate biology class and couldn't find any resources about this in humans. At which point I had a discussion about the biology of it with my professor. It's not typically a problem for our species.

    However, if I can remember to do it, I'd love to read your reference just because of my undergraduate difficulties.
  • raneylfrick
    raneylfrick Posts: 380 Member
    Ummm....ever heard of LSD flashbacks??? It is stored in your fat cells, and as your body works those cells around and burns them off, the LSD is released again. It can take a looooong time before this happens (decades), but it does happen.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    You can shrink your fat cells but until you cleanse to release the toxins your body won't release the fat cells. That is why a full body cleanse is so important.

    Wut? No.
  • hei_ma_ma
    hei_ma_ma Posts: 61 Member
    I did a nice long "full body cleanse" last night - just me, a bathtub of warm water, some bubble bath, and a good book for 20 minutes straight. Does that mean I can expect to lose 2 pounds today???
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Ummm....ever heard of LSD flashbacks??? It is stored in your fat cells, and as your body works those cells around and burns them off, the LSD is released again. It can take a looooong time before this happens (decades), but it does happen.

    Anecdotal evidence here... I did plenty of acid in my early 20's (I'm nearly 40 so at least 1 decade has passed), being obese the whole entire time, and never had a flashback during my weight loss process. You'd think at least a few of those fat cells would be just chalk full of LSD if this was true. Mostly though - science. Your body doesn't work the cells around or burn the cells off, they just shrink. Your body converts the fat to usable energy and the waste is excreted in sweat and urine and breath. The only way to get rid of fat cells is to have them surgically removed.

    No one needs to do cleanses or worry about any of this crap. Come on people - get serious!
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Holy three year old thread resurrection. Batman!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/1/46.full

    "Organochlorine compounds are released from body fat into the bloodstream during weight loss. "



    http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v24/n10/full/0801380a.html

    "Organochlorine pollutants were found in every subject and all 19 compounds detected had their plasma concentration increased following treatment (mean body weight loss 9.5 kg), 15 of which were statistically significant. When compared with a control group, five compounds increased significantly. "
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    It's an idea that I've come across a few times over the years...

    As you gain weight, your fat cells collect and hold toxins, perhaps for years.
    Then, when you burn the fat and lose weight, the toxins are released back into your system and make you feel awful.

    Has anyone else heard of this?

    If so, during your weight loss, have you felt sick, lightheaded, nauseous, etc? Could this be the cause?

    I've heard of that. Don't know how true it is though.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    If this were true, I would be stoned every time I leave the gym thanks to many years of inhaling THC, which is stored in fat.
  • DamianaKitten
    DamianaKitten Posts: 479 Member
    If this were true, I would be stoned every time I leave the gym thanks to many years of inhaling THC, which is stored in fat.

    To be fair, when I started working out hard a few years back, I did feel stoned afterwards. It went away after about a week. :laugh: Although, we were also pushing pretty hard, and I was going from low activity to high activity... I prefer to believe I was stoned, and not just exhausted. :laugh:
  • bradfordleach50
    bradfordleach50 Posts: 1
    It is true and proven.

    http://www.wellnessresources.com/weight/articles/why_toxins_and_waste_products_impede_weight_loss_-_the_leptin_diet_weight_l/
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