Visualization & the diff between brown fat & yellow fat

janesmith1
janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
edited September 24 in Health and Weight Loss
Stress Free Fit Nutrition Philosophy

In my opinion, diet and nutrition form the foundation to the stress free fitness elements, because without a decent diet the stress free elements would not rotate or resonate properly therefore causing fitness programs to fail.

I think most of you know what a decent diet should consist of and what foods to stay away from. Don't intake more calories than you can burn, and if you do once in a while don't worry about it. Again relax, take a good multi-vitamin, a fair amount of antioxidants and try not to eat too much fast food. Be aware of what you’re eating and how it will affect your body and don't stress out if you eat some fries once in a while, just increase your workout intensity.


SUPPLEMENTS

Try to avoid dependence on chemical drinks, pills or shakes that claim to improve fitness levels, be it muscular or endurance type. In my opinion you will accustom your body to these chemicals therefore creating a false sense of physical prowess. The human body is very powerful and can adjust quickly, you must teach it to perform without these chemicals and on standard nutrients. Can you really take these chemicals the rest of your life? I see a large number of people at the gym with their bottles of chemicals or drinking them in the locker room before or after a workout, DO NOT train your body to rely on these chemicals. If you must take a supplement take a good multi-vitamin. I have seen people stop taking these chemicals and they lose everything they gained and get sick, why? Because it was false to begin with.

FACTS about FAT

Fat has many functions in the human body, it is used to keep you warm, insulate your nerve cells, keeps skin and arteries supple, balances hormones and lubricates joints to name a few. As you can see we need fat and there is no way around it, but what we can do is limit our intake of certain fats.

Be aware of what you are eating; know the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats. Saturated fats are hard at room temperature and unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature. Saturated fats are categorized as the “enemy” and unsaturated are categorized as the “good guys.” Saturated fats can be found in meats, are hard to digest and have plenty of cholesterol.

Unsaturated fats are divided in to two groups, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. Olive oil is and good example of monounsaturated fats and sunflower oil is an example of polyunsaturated fats. Polyunsaturated fats are further split into Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. A good source for Omega 3 fatty acids are fish or a good pharmaceutical grade omega supplement.

Be aware of the two types of body fats found in the human body. The brown body fat, which produces heat, therefore burns energy and the yellow body fat, which is near the surface, and less active. Women tend to have more yellow body fat then men due to reproductive reasons.

If losing weight is your goal, then be sure to visualize the yellow fats location. The yellow fat is what you want to attack. Same goes for cellulite, become aware of what it is and how it’s formed so that you can better focus on it. You must know your enemy!

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Example photo of yellow body fat

FACTS about ANTIOXIDANTS

Just like metal rust, becomes brittle and weak, so does the human body. Today we are constantly bombarded by chemicals in our food, air and water. These chemicals among other things such as pollution, stress, and even EXERCISE cause the body to oxidize by creating free radicals. These free radicals bounce around the body destroying or altering cells causing premature aging, sickness and diseases such as cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and many others.

In order to help your body fight these free radicals, be sure to eat antioxidant rich foods and take a good pharmaceutical grade antioxidant supplement, not all supplements are created equal, so do your research. Antioxidants have extra electrons that they can give to free radicals, which eliminates their harmful effects. Again, be sure to visualize what is going on inside your body and what the positive impacts are when taking antioxidants.

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  • katekrise
    katekrise Posts: 178 Member
    Adults don't have brown fat. Only babies and small children.
  • Cbandelier
    Cbandelier Posts: 217 Member
    Adults don't have brown fat. Only babies and small children.

    This was considered true until quite recently, when it was discovered that adults do have a very small amount of brown fat.
  • janesmith1
    janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
    I find the linked picture fascinating.....and enlightening. Visualizing working on that would be wonderful.
  • katekrise
    katekrise Posts: 178 Member
    Then they might want to change what they teach at school. I'm pre med and that's what my teacher taught me.
  • misschaplin
    misschaplin Posts: 68
    Taken from BBC health
    'Good' baby fat keeps adults slim
    Woman pinching waist
    Women appear to have more 'good' brown fat

    Adults who retain their 'good' baby fat may be buffered against obesity and type 2 diabetes, scientists believe.

    Unlike the regular white fat, which stores energy, good brown fat, actively burns calories for heat, but has been thought only to exist in childhood.

    Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center not only found adults still had brown fat, but that slim adults had more of it than fatter ones.

    The New England Journal of Medicine findings may point to new treatments.

    According to the researchers, it may one day be possible to stimulate brown fat growth to both control weight and improve glucose metabolism, thereby preventing obesity and type 2 diabetes.

    We hope this opens up a new therapeutic area for obesity and type 2 diabetes
    Researcher Professor Ronald Kahn

    In the study of nearly 2,000 patients, the scientists found signs suggestive of brown fat deposits on routine medical scans in 7.5% of the women and 3% of the men investigated.

    To help corroborate this, the researchers identified 33 other patients whose pathology records had indicated the presence of brown fat in their necks - the same place where the PET/CT scans had identified the largest concentrations of brown fat.

    When they tested the tissue of two of those patients they detected the presence of a special heat-generating protein called UCP-1 that is unique to brown fat.

    Beating obesity

    Although the numbers with brown fat in the study were small, the scientists believe this represents an underestimate, since medical scans could easily miss smaller and less active brown fat deposits.

    BROWN FAT
    Found most abundantly in infancy
    Function is to generate heat and keep the body warm - babies cannot shiver
    Burns calories to make this heat

    Indeed, they believe most adults have some - but the amount depends on certain factors, including body weight.

    The study found that younger patients were more likely to have larger amounts of brown fat, and the brown fat was more active during colder weather, keeping with its role of burning energy to generate heat.

    Brown fat was also more common in adults who were thin and had normal blood glucose levels.

    This, say the researchers, suggests brown fat plays an important role in regulating body weight and that higher levels of brown fat may protect against obesity.

    Researcher Professor Ronald Kahn said: "There has been a long debate as to whether brown fat exists in adult humans and whether it was important physiologically.

    "This study demonstrates that it is both present and appears to be physiologically important in terms of body weight and glucose metabolism.

    "We hope this opens up a new therapeutic area for obesity and type 2 diabetes by modifying the activity of brown fat."

    Professor Kahn's team has already shown that a protein, BMP-7, known for its role in inducing bone growth, can also help promote the development of brown fat in rodents.

    Professor John Wilding of Liverpool University and the Association for the Study of Obesity said: "This is interesting research but it will not create a miracle pill for obesity.

    "Even if we can activate brown fat production, which is still a long way off, the effects are likely to be modest.

    "But it may help in some circumstances. And part of the reason some people are slim may be down to having more brown fat tissue."
  • janesmith1
    janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
    I read some stuff yesterday about the fact that indoor heating kills our brown fat! Personally I can't turn down the heating because I literally get freezing after exercising, to the point where I will go back to bed and shiver under the covers.



    Modern heating may contribute to obesity
    Published: Feb. 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- British researchers suggest today's comfort created by modern heating may be linked to today's obesity epidemic.

    Researchers at University College London say their review of British and U.S. studies indicates the idea of linking the rise of obesity with the "homogenizing" of temperature -- more and more time being spent in mild temperatures -- may have biological plausibility.

    The review, published in the journal Obesity Reviews, suggests reducing exposure to cold may lower the body's capacity to burn fat as well as lower the need for energy expenditure to stay warm.

    The researchers point out production of "brown fat" -- brown adipose tissue that differs from white fat in its capacity to burn energy to create heat -- may be triggered by exposure to cold. Less exposure to cold may mean less brown fat and less capacity to burn energy, the researchers say.

    "Research into the environmental drivers behind obesity, rather than the genetic ones, has tended to focus on diet and exercise -- which are undoubtedly the major contributors," lead author Dr. Fiona Johnson says in a statement. "However, it is possible that other environmental factors, such as winter indoor temperatures, may also have a contributing role. This research therefore raises the possibility for new public health strategies to address the obesity epidemic."


    © 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/02/04/Modern-heating-may-contribute-to-obesity/UPI-92051296859967/
  • misschaplin
    misschaplin Posts: 68
    Oh my goodness!!!!

    No Way I can turn down the heating while Im dieting, oh or while its 0 degrees outside either!
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