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Lose weight or lose weight? Lose weight is an intervention, or rather a dietary route, useful for reducing a certain amount of body fat; often the term weight loss is associated with weight reduction, but the two terms are NOT synonymous. Weight loss occurs through reduction of the overall body mass, therefore in an indiscriminate manner, and by itself does NOT exercise a "direct" protective effect from the metabolic point of view; It is undeniable that a lower joint burden on the back and on the joints of the lower limbs can be beneficial to the health of the obese but, in metabolic

Lose weight: Physiology The human organism is composed of various tissues, including a reserve called adipose tissue. This, mainly subcutaneous, has the function of storing energy reserves in the form of fat. The management of these stocks takes place thanks to the communication of the adipose tissue with the rest of the organism, by means of the circulatory stream (transport of lipids, hormones and neurotransmitters)

Introduction What does weight loss mean? Lose weight does not mean only losing weight, but rather reducing the amount of fat mass (fat mass - FM) while keeping the lean mass (free fat mass - FFM) unchanged, which consequently increases in percentage (%). Weight loss must not affect the tissues without fat and not even the so-called "essential fat", which represents a portion necessary for maintaining the state of health

Quick slimming premise A question of professionalism I open the following article with a brief introduction to distinguish what I will write from most of the media junk found on the net. "In the different sites that have published their own (or other)" fast "strategies to lose weight, we frequently read the warning:" losing weight quickly can be harmful to your health "

To all those who, at least once, have tried their hand at nutritional therapy, it will happen to reach a point (or rather a moment) of stall or plateau of body weight in which weight loss slows down until it stops. Usually, this unpleasant condition is accompanied by emotions of discomfort, resignation and sometimes even fear

You know, at Christmas you are NOT allowed to REFUSE a big meal! This habit, once aberrated by the community of food professionals, is today considered an integral part of diet therapy and a fundamental stage in food education. "Take" weight at Christmas The weight gained (more or less rapidly) at Christmas CANNOT and must not be evaluated in the following hours or days; in fact, the value obtained (both by weighing and by bio-impedance analysis - BIA) would not translate ONLY a real adipose accumulation, MA would be confused with interstitial water retention (typical of supercharging

Introduction "Snack" means any food (or food product) intended for consumption in SECONDARY meals, therefore as a snack; the adjective diet, depending on the contexts, can instead indicate two different types of food: diet foods proper (regulated by law); foods and food products that are commonly referred to as "dietary" simply because they are low in calories

There is overweight and overweight ... According to the "classic" definition, being overweight is a physical condition linked to an excess of body weight compared to the values ​​considered normal based on height. In reality, this definition is as banal as it is inaccurate; in fact, overweight is certainly not identified in the absolute value of body mass in relation to height, but in the ratio between the fat-free mass (FFM) and the fat mass (FM). Th

Message sent by: Valerio Hi Valerio, first of all I refer you to reading the article "Race and health" as it deals with the same subject. The thin physique of a marathon runner is the result of a genetic predisposition combined with a very intense training program (even 100 or more Km per week) and adequate nutrition

Edited by Ivan Mercolini The Workout The theme of this treaty of mine is the power to stay thin. But I believe that a brief mention should also be given to training. Physical activity is physiological and inherent in man. Lack of muscular work automatically predisposes to long-term health problems, precisely because physical activity is implicit in the structure of the human body