Why Women Need Fat

VinVenture

Found an interesting article via reddit (2X ) and thought it was interesting, hope you learn something.

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/19/why_women_need_fat/

neanderthin

Thanks. My new topic to investigate: endocannabinoids.

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v8/n5/abs/nn1457.html

Endocannabinoid control of food intake and energy balance
Vincenzo Di Marzo1 & Isabel Matias1

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AbstractMarijuana and its major psychotropic component, 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, stimulate appetite and increase body weight in wasting syndromes, suggesting that the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and its endogenous ligands, the endocannabinoids, are involved in controlling energy balance. The endocannabinoid system controls food intake via both central and peripheral mechanisms, and it may also stimulate lipogenesis and fat accumulation. Here we discuss the multifaceted regulation of energy homeostasis by endocannabinoids, together with its applications to the treatment of eating disorders and metabolic syndromes.

katkins3

Men need it too.
My husband got below 5% and has all sorts of health problems related to it including he now has to have a series of testosterone injections.

castadiva

Very interesting indeed - thanks for posting.

teagin2002

Very interesting, I did switch all my fats to olive and coconut oils and stop eating chips all together. I did lose a lot of weight and now I am maintaining.

Interesting stuff! ty for sharing

d2footballJRC

Men need it too.
My husband got below 5% and has all sorts of health problems related to it including he now has to have a series of testosterone injections.

I agree getting below 5% is dangerous, its also super hard. He must of been busting his hump. Testosterone though wouldn't help him gain fat though, in fat it'd be counter-intuitive to gaining the fat.

When lifters go on a cycle they take high levels of test., lift, bulk, then when they are done with that cycle they do a post cycle. In which they have to help jump start their bodies natural testosterone product back up, while stunting estrogen from metabolizing because that will eat into the gains they got. Estrogen is also what causes gyno in men, AKA real man boobs. Estrogen thrives/aromatase in fat. If he was ultra low on the fat, I'd think they'd be going a different route then testosterone to get his body fat back up. I could be wrong on that though. I know that most people you see below 5% body fat are pro athletes and they have dieticians and others helping them out.

**EDIT** How old is he, testosterone injections could just be a whole another side if he is an older man. I need to quit thinking like everyone is my age on here. **