Fitness Ads
Search
>
| Chewin' The Fat |
|
Which fats will help you gain lean body mass? Which fats will help you lose fat? Can you use fats to put on muscle and to lose fat at the same time? Perhaps you're already aware that different fats have different actions in the body - some are stored at a very slow rate, whereas others go right to your gut (or other problem spots). Many scientists, doctors, and researchers say that our bodies can't change or increase the number of fat cells in our body after a certain age. Well, I'll be the first to tell you that those people are wrong. Until I started seeing obesity and its effects firsthand, I had the same frame of mind. As my experience grew and my work continued. I noticed a pattern with liposuction patients: many returned after so many months with the same big bellies, thighs, and buttocks. I knew fat couldn't be migrating from other areas of the body, and I knew they weren't wearing bodysuits: so what was the problem? Obviously, new fat had formed in the same exact “problem areas'” that it had been in prior to their operations. After studying numerous patients' diets, I deter-mined that the type and intake of fats made a huge difference in their abilitv to gain (or lose) that weight. Saturated and polyunsaturated fats are commonly disproportionately added to diets. If your consumption of saturated and polyunsaturated fats is high then you will get fatter. I know what you're thinking - "you said polyunsaturated fats will help you lose fat." This is true up to a point, but it also depends on your personal biochemistry, as complemented by the proper ratio. If you are deficient in polyunsaturated fats, then reducing the saturated fats and adding polyunsaturated fats will help you lose fat initially. Your sense of well-being might also be positively affected, but this is only temporary; after a while the high intake of certain polyunsaturated fats will make that person fat again. There's more. Studies done in rats show that a high consumption of polyunsaturated fats will increase the size of the fat cells. While this study focused on corn oil, all oils high in omega-6 or other polyunsaturated oils can increase fat cell size as well. Note that saturated fats increase the size and the volume, or number of the fat cells, while monounsaturated fats don't do anything to the size of the fat cells. At first, I felt that this study really wasn't important, but the more I thought about it and the more I used what I have learned, the more it made sense. I asked myself what could happen if I changed the ratio of fat intake. I thought about what might happen to the side effects associated with dieting like depression, joint pain, tiredness, or even specifically, fat loss. According to my research, changing the ratio increases the ability to get leaner and lose tons of body fat. Supplementation plays an equally important role. Supplements such as fish oil, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), and gamma linoleic acid (GLA), when used by themselves or all together as part of a supplementation program (depending on your fitness goals), are most effective at increasing fat loss. As with any supplementation program, however, supplemental synchronization is key to maximizing utilization. You must take timing, dosages, and your fitness goals into consideration. Combining these ingredients at the right dosages will help you lose bodyfat and gain lean muscle mass at a rapid rate. The use of CLA and fish oil in the right combination is crucial to maximizing the rate of fat loss. Essential fatty acids, such as those found in fish oil and CLA, have been shown to decrease fat cell size and volume, while at the same time preventing fat cell formation. These products are all readly available at various nutrition centers and healt take the oils with whole-food meals for better assimilation in the body. This supplement ratio takes into consideration some of the most-recent ascientific data available, and each supplement is scientifically-formulated to contain almost all the fat you need in your daily diet ("almost" all the fats because we still need to eat from food sources and never can we rely on supplements alone). By using these dosages and applying the rules above, you will not only feel better, but become significantly leaner after the first four weeks of active participation in this program. |



