4 Fat Cell Facts Uncovered by George Washington University Weight Loss Expert

If you’ve been fighting the “battle of the bulge” for some time, and you can’t quite figure out just why that stubborn fat won’t budge, you’re in luck. A George Washington University weight loss expert reveals four fat cell facts that in fact, may just help you get and stay slim and in shape.

Fact Number One: “Pre-fat cells” desperately want to become fat cells, and you’re probably helping them do just that

Our body manufactures millions of pre-fat cells that try to become full fledged fat cells also known as adipocytes. Even though you do not wish to convert them, without your knowledge, you help them get converted. How can you put an end to this?

A George Washington University weight loss expert explains: A full fledged fat cell stores fat, a pre-fat cell does not. We involuntarily help a pre-fat cell become a fat cell by pushing two hormones to produce themselves in excess quantity within the body.

The two hormones we are talking about are insulin and cortisol. We tend to stimulate over production of these with our lifestyles and eating habits.

Lack of proper sleep and too much of stress are the main reasons. Both these reasons lead to excess production of the hormone cortisol. This will sound familiar to you only because it is. You do not get proper sleep and are stressing yourself too much leading to fat cell growth.

The second hormone, insulin, is also overproduced because you get too little sleep and have too much stress — AND it’s also overproduced when you make poor food choices that are high in simple carbohydrates; simple carbohydrates cause insulin spikes, which in turn can cause weight gain, especially (you guessed it) fat storage. (By the way, lack of exercise, too, can keep your insulin levels higher than optimal.)

Fact Number Two: Fat cells once acquired stay there forever

Again, this is something that’s your responsibility. It takes some doing to get those fat cells, but once you’ve got them, you’ve got them forever. So congratulations. Your new fat cell friends got to jump on board because you didn’t take care of yourself, didn’t sleep enough, didn’t eat right, didn’t exercise, had too much stress, and so on.

What can be done?

Fact Number Three: Sleep will help you lose weight — fat weight, that is

If you spend at least seven to nine hours a night asleep (REALLY asleep, no TV going, in other words) you’re going to lower your levels of cortisol and raise your levels of beneficial, fat-hating hormones like testosterone, leptin, and growth hormone. With enough leptin, for example, you’re less hungry (which will help you make better food choices) and your metabolism is higher (which will help you burn fat). Growth hormone and testosterone (yup, even for women in smaller amounts than for men) encourage muscle growth and fat burning.

You need not provide your body with any artificial supplements of these hormones. Proper sleep alone is sufficient in doing this job.

Fact Number Four: Sufficient sleep can put off fat storage by bringing down levels of cortisol and insulin

According to our weight loss expert at George Washington University, fat cells once accumulated are there forever. Your body only needs a certain amount of fat and reducing insulin levels will keep off the excess fat by increasing the levels of hormone sensitive lipase (HSL). HSL keeps fat out of the fat cells. On the other hand, increasing levels of insulin results in production of lipoprotein lipase (LPL). This allows fat to get deposited within the cells, which is not something you want.

The solution is simple. All you have to do is get more sleep and be relieved from stress as far as possible. This along with regular exercising and proper diet can successfully help you get rid of all that unwanted weight.

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