Sick Fat - What is Fat Cell Sickness?
Natural Treatment To Reverse Fat Cell Sickness
Adiposopathy (or sick fat) refers to the dysfunction of fat cells in response to inflammation caused by toxins, hormones, injury, diet, or genetic weaknesses. Researchers believe that sick fat is the number one cause of metabolic syndrome, weight gain and tummy fat in women. This is primarily due to its influence on slowing your metabolism.
Sick Fat - What is Sick Fat?
Sick Fat is caused by your diet, hormones, toxins, inflammation and genetics and for many women, fighting it can be a life - long battle. This is because all of these factors trigger your immune system to produce "silent inflammation".
Silent inflammation is a response to the increased production of free fatty acids - highly toxic substances.
To begin with, the accumulation of excess fat is your body's natural protective response to 'capture' the toxins and protect your cells. The problem is, once it spills out of the cells, it enters your blood stream and significantly affects your metabolic functioning.
A prime example would be subcutaneous fat tissue found in tummy fat. Accumulation of fat tissue in this region may have hormonal and immune activity, and thus the potential to cause metabolic disease, between that of visceral fat tissue and other areas of subcutaneous fat tissue. However, even other subcutaneous fat tissues might contribute to metabolic disease, if the fat cells become too enlarged and sick.
Admittedly, subcutaneous fat cells are typically larger, and more capable of storing fat when needed. However, subcutaneous fat tissue represents the large majority of fat tissue in the body, and is the major source of leptin, which is a factor produced by fat cells that has a number of functions. Among the potentially unfavorable effect of leptin is that leptin increases blood pressure.
Triglycerides are also problematic with sick fat. During fasting, the body can obtain energy through the release of free fatty acids from the triglycerides in fat cells, which are then released into the blood. If too many certain fatty acids are released into the blood because fat tissue is sick and unable to recruit more fat cells, and existing fat cells become to big (and thus also sick), then the increase in fatty acids are toxic to organs such as the liver, muscle, and pancreas, and lead to metabolic disease. This means you gain weight ... FAST!
Sick fat is also noted as being a cause of other hormonal imbalances such as Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Fibroids, Endometriosis and Cysts. It is also linked to autoimmune disturbances that can slow thyroid function such as Lupus and Hashimotto's disease.
In summary, the more body fat you have and the longer its been around, the greater chance you have of developing fat cell sickness, which means you will gain weight no matter how hard you excercise or how little you eat! But don't despair, you can begin to reverse toxic fat and fat cell sickness in less than 30 days if follow my recommendations.
Fat Cell Sickness - Dietary Causes
We have all sorts of chemicals in our foods, pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and plastic pollutants, to name a few. These things aren't good for the environment and they aren't good for our bodies. They cause hormonal imbalances, inflammation and a buildup of TOXINS. This leads to fat cell sickness and unexplained weight gain.
The chemicals that disrupt the function of our hormonal system are called obesogens. Obesogens can cause heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol. These chemicals are found in many of the most popular foods we eat and enter our body through a variety of sources: natural compounds found in soy products, artificial hormones fed to the animals we consume, plastic pollutants in some food packaging, chemicals added to processed foods, and pesticides sprayed on our produce.
So where do you find "obesogens"?
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To REVERSE the cause of weight gain caused by consumption of these, you need to firstly remove them from your diet, then REPAIR the damage. If you have obesogens in your diet, then you are going to gain weight year after year. They are PROVEN to affect your metabolism.
MassAttack is the only Natural System in existence that IDENTIFIES these foods in your diet and teaches you how to REVERSE the damage.
At MassAttack we offer a full range of Functional Pathology including hormonal, metabolic, inflammatory, digestive and MTHFR Gene Testing. MassAttack is CLINICALLY PROVEN to work on all types of metabolic weaknesses. You CAN REVERSE your weight gain starting from NOW!
Where do you sit on the sick fat scale
Remember, when you are at level 2 or 3 on the 'Sick Fat Scale' diet and exercise will not work on their own. The only way you will get your health back, lose weight and keep it off is to STOP fat cell sickness. But you can't effectively do this without identifying the cause and this is the first important step in what we do at MassAttack. We take the time to FIND OUT WHY you feel the way you do.
Fat Cell Sickness - Hormonal imbalances that cause sick fat
Undetected imbalances such as ....
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All contribute to sick fat slowing your metabolism and causing weight gain ... especially TUMMY FAT. This is why hormones are the first main DRIVER of weight gain.
The problem is, the longer you fail to treat these hormonal imbalances the fat cells that they produce, become SICK and start to STORE, and PRODUCE fat on their own. This is really important to understand as it is the ANSWER to why you can't lose weight. So let me explain ...
1. Fat cells found in tummy fat are not just inert storage depots for surplus calories. Studies have established that fat cells STORE other fat producing hormones such as oestrogen - which produces fat.
2. Fat cells also become ACTIVE, secreting a wealth of cytokines, hormones and free fatty acids that ooze out into your muscle blocking mitochondrial function - causing fatigue and blocking slowing your metabolism. Other metabolic regulating hormones such as Leptin which controls appetite, and adiponectin, which makes the body more sensitive to insulin and controls blood sugar levels are also affected. Once this happens, You Are In Fat Saving Mode.
3. So, the longer your fat cells have been around, or the longer you have been over weight, the harder it will be to lose weight because your fat cells are DISEASED. In addition, since fat cells secrete certain hormones and other substances much like other organs in the body, they in themselves become drivers of weight gain.
4. To make things worse, if you have a geneomic weakness such as the MTHFR gene, your body will typically not be able to lose fat only store it. But the good news is, we can test for this and correct it.
The Great News is, MassAttack is CLINICALLY PROVEN to EFFECTIVELY REVERSE WEIGHT GAIN caused by sick fat.This is WHY it may have been easier to lose weight when you were younger, but almost impossible to lose now and why you gain weight no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise. It also explains why your weight loss plateaus.
Put simply - if you don't REVERSE hormonal imbalances CAUSING your weight gain and address genetic weaknesses, your fat cells will keep on producing fat cells - which is why YOU May NEVER Lose Weight!
If you are experiencing symptoms such as ....
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You may have 'sick fat' caused by hormonal imbalances. Your hormones may be the 'silent saboteurs' causing diets and exercise to fail and making you feel like you're the only one who can't lose weight. But the truth is, the causes of your weight gain can be REVERSED and your hormones can be easily balanced with my 3 Step System.
At MassAttack we offer a full range of Functional Pathology including hormonal, metabolic and MTHFR Gene Testing. MassAttack is CLINICALLY PROVEN to work on all types of hormonal imbalances. You CAN REVERSE your weight gain Starting from NOW!
"My story is a great one. I have lost 15kgs all up so far, but the best factor is I lost two dress sizes after struggling with my weight for years. My skin is glowing and I have my energy back. I feel 10 years younger! In the past I would lose weight then gain it again. I love the fact that I'm using foods to heal my body. Finally, the diet roller coaster has stopped." BP
Fat Cell Sickness - Inflammation that triggers sick fat
Do You Suffer From Any Of These ....
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Pain and inflammation can also be caused by TOXINS and excess HORMONES. These can be seen as foreign objects by your body which sets up an inflammatory response, triggering conditions such as those above.
In fact many symptoms such as fatigue, mood changes and headaches are linked to inflammation, one of the three main drivers of weight gain.
84% of my patients suffer from chronic inflammation and my latest in-clinic research has shown that inflammation is a key driver to many chronic conditions, including weight gain.
This is because inflammation can cause:
- Leptin Resistance
- Insulin Resistance
- Sick Fat and metabolic shut down
To add to this, insulin and leptin resistance cause weight gain. When you gain weight your body becomes even more inflamed. If you don't stop the cycle and REVERSE the causes You Might Never Lose Weight!
So how do you know if you are suffering from inflammation?
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...are all signs. If any of these apply to you, then you risk gaining weight year after year as they are PROVEN to affect your metabolism. MassAttack is the only Natural System in existence that IDENTIFIES the underlying causes of your unexplained weight gain and teaches you how to quickly REVERSE it.
At MassAttack we offer a full range of Functional Pathology including hormonal, metabolic, inflammatory and Genomic Testing. MassAttack is CLINICALLY PROVEN to work on all types of hormonal imbalances. You CAN REVERSE your weight gain starting from NOW!
"After just 1 month on the program in January this year, my fibromyalgia improved and I was able to decrease my medication. The best part is I lost 8 kilos and 15cm off my tummy." KE"
Fat Cell Sickness - Genetic Influences trigger Fat cell sickness
Although changes in the genetic makeup of populations occur too slowly to be responsible for the current rapid rapid rise in obesity, genes do play a role in the development of obesity. Most likely, genes regulate how our bodies capture, store, and release energy from food.
How might genes contribute to obesity? The answer is not simple. A Thrifty genotype may mean that there is a mismatch between todays environment and energy-thrifty genes. In other words the same genes that helped our ancestors survive occasional famines are now being challenged by environments in which food is plentiful year round.
In addition, genes play a large role in influencing other factors such as hormones and inflammation that are triggers for fat cell sickness in women.
Although there are many genes that contribute to weight gain, I have listed the main genes below:
So How Does Sick Fat Cause Weight Gain?
A 2002 review indicated that dysfunctional fat or "sick fat" was an important contributor to glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and weight gain. Since then, continued research has continued to support fat dysfunction as a contributing factor to hypertension, dyslipidemia, and other metabolic diseases such as PCOS.
Research carried out by the University of Cambridge, also shows that a protein called secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (SFRP1) is produced by fat cells and may be involved in changes to our metabolism that could increase the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition, the level of SFRP1 increases as fat cells and tissues increase in volume and is involved in recruiting new fat cells, causing knock-on consequences to our wider metabolism.
Are fat cells just storage depots for excess calories? NO!
Adipose tissue is also actively involved in other systemic functions, such as lipid
metabolism, glucose metabolism, immune response, steroid metabolism, hormone production, enzyme production, element binding, hemostasis, growth factor
production, production of factors associated with the renin angiotensin system, and other important metabolic activities.
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Functional Pathology Testing For Identifying Sick Fat
When you complete my detailed online health and metabolic screening questionnaire, it will enable me to piece together your symptoms and really pinpoint what's causing your weight gain or unwanted tummy fat.
A range of functional pathology tests are available to help ensure we establish an effective treatment strategy to reverse fat cell sickness and provide a baseline to monitor progress.
If I feel that further testing is required, I will make those recommendations and provide you with a referral.
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