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Fat Burning Q&A
Q: What does it mean to "burn" fat?
A: You literally burn fat by increasing your body's heat production through
a process called thermogenesis. Your brain sends signals to the fat pads
to start the process. In experiments, if the nerve connected to a certain
fat pad was cut, this fat deposit would not burn fat at all.
Q: What can increase heat production to burn more fat?
A: Caffeine and yohimbine are good thermogetics. Actually, all foods can
elevate your body temperature after a meal, but some do it better than others.
For example, refined carbohydrates produce more after-meal heat than complex
starches, high-fat foods elevate body temperature more than high-fiber foods.
However, refined carbs and the like will create more energy that you can
expect to burn through the enhanced thermogenesis.
Q: Is fat burning the ultimate means to loose weight?
A: Not at all! After losing some fat, your body weight "set point" will try
to force you aquire and attempt to save more energy by making you sedentary.
Surveys show that successful weight losers walked for an average of 80 minutes
a day, 6 days a week - just to keep the weight off.
Q: >Why do they often include stress management in weight loss programs?
A: It might seem odd because it is true that mental or physical stress does
increase lipolysis. However, there is something involved in stressful situations
that overcomes the fat burning activity of stress, for example, the well
known overeating reaction associated with stress. t>
Q: Do sugar substitutes help in losing weight?
A: The answer is a firm no. The reason is your blood sugar level rises as
soon as you feel a sweet taste in your mouth, be it sugar or saccharin, or
any artificial sweetener for that matter. To provide this rising, your body
borrows some glucose from glucose depots - the liver and muscles, then it
strives to replenish the borrowed gllucose, guess how? Right! By encouraging
you to eat more.
Q: Is there a Leptin drug for the treatment of obesity?
A: Leptin, from the Greek word leptos=thin, is a compound that signals the
brain to change our long-term eating behavior. The more Leptin in the blood,
the less we theoretically should eat. Leptin abnormality can cause certain
kinds of obesity. Leptin injections can reverse the abnormalities."
However, there's no Leptin pill on the market and they can hardly be expected
soon because it is most effective when injected directly into the spinal
cord or brain. The next best method is a permanent infusion of Leptin under
the skin. Simple shots require rather high doses of Leptin, and taken orally
it is not active at all.
Read more about Leptin.
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