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Secret Truths of Nutrition Quackery 105
No! Cellulite a Myth? Really?
I could just scream at this topic alone! I get asked about spot reduction and if cellulite is a Myth all the time. Natalie I want to lose my excess on my belly, or how can I get rid of the cottage cheese on the back of my thighs in just two weeks? Natalie how can I do that? Tell me you are you kidding me right? I want you to listen carefully there is absolutely no way to spot reduce or suddenly make cellulite disappear! Everyone's body is different and unique your body will lose the way it wants to naturally. Some people may lose it in their thighs first, some may lose it in their face first and so on. Try and be happy with what you got and work hard on all body parts as a whole to accomplish your health, fitness, and nutritional goals. To think otherwise is foolish and will set you up for failure and disappointment. If it took you 2-10 years to put it on then need I say more!
No, exercise, dietary, or other non-surgical treatment can produce spot-reduction. While the amount of body fat is determined to a large extent by eating and exercise habits, the distribution of body fat is determined by heredity and sex. Reduction of particular part can only be accomplished as part of an overall weight-reduction program (Barrett and Herbert).
Exercise, even when localized, draws from all bodily fat stores, not from just the local fat deposits. Tennis players have been found to have the same triceps skin fold measurements on both arms, even though their dominant arm was exercised more (FDA Consumer).
Exercising a specific area does increase muscle tone and may make the person look thinner. For example, substantial reductions in abdominal girth can result from localized exercise such as sit-ups. This is not due to fat loss. Rather, the abdominal muscles are strengthened and are better able to hold the abdomen.
Exercise does appear tp preferentially reduce fat stored in the upper body and abdominal regions. (android obesity) compared to fat stored in the gluteal and femoral regions (gynoid obesity). Since android obesity places an individual at greater risk for chronic diseases (coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and Type 2 diabetes), exercise confers significant health benefits, Although gynoid obesity is more frustratingly resistant to the effects of exercise than android obesity, it also does not confer as great health risk (NHLBI).
As promised from my previous article about the Cellulite Myth. Many companies have programs and products claimed to remove cellulite. Cellulite is alleged to be a special type of fat gone wrong-a combination of fat, water, and toxic wastes that the body has failed to eliminate (FDA Consumer, Updated 2008).
Cellulite is not a medical term or even a legal one, as the areas so named are ordinary fat tissue. Strands of fibrous tissue connect the skin to deeper tissue layers and also separate compartments that contain cells. When fat cells get larger, these compartments bulge or produce a waffled or "orange peel" appearance of the skin (FDA Consumer, Updated 2008).
Many women have these bumps, even women who don't have extra fat around the thighs and buttocks. Women tend to deposit fat in the hips, buttocks, thighs and breasts. It's simply a fact of female physiology, appropriate for child-bearing (Tufts Univ. Diet & Nutrition Newsletter). The anti-cellulite products that don't work are:
loofah sponges
horsehair mitts
cactus fiber washcloths
creams to dissolve cellulite
So ladies I will leave you with this the salons that offer treatment with eletric muscle stimulators, vibrating belts, and body wraps (FDA Consumer, Updated 2008) Beware!
Have a happy and healthy day!
Refernces: Nutrition Dimension, Ellen Coleman, (Barrett and Herbert).
By, Natalie Pyles
NSA Speaker, Author, Medical Exercise and Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Nutritionist, Health, Fitness, and Holistic Nutrition and Nursing Educator
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