Cellulite! All You Need to Know About
A sworn enemy of many women, cellulite is a natural phenomenon that results in an unsightly and dimpled skin, better known as the “orange peel”.
What is cellulite?
Cellulite is called lipodystrophy in Medical Language, “superficial” or “aesthetic”. It results in storage of fat under the skin, forming small protuberances and gives the skin a dimpled effect and dotting. Painful pinch, cellulite is often located in the lower body on the hips, outer thighs, inner knees and the abdomen.
Specialists are used to classify cellulite called “shallow” (that is to say cellulite without health hazard) into three distinct categories: cellulite fat is due to excess fat, cellulite infiltrated related to the problem of water retention and cellulite fiber, which is due to distension of the skin and affects rather the very sedentary women at age 50. Before choosing a method for the fight – and to optimize the result – it is best to first establish the precise diagnosis, with the help of a dermatologist, a physical therapist or an esthetician.
Who is affected?
Cellulite affects about 80% of women, regardless of age and weight, as against only 5% of men. The cause of this inequality is mainly hormonal. Estrogens (female hormones typically) are victims of changes in certain key periods in the life of the woman at the time of puberty in each menstrual cycle, while taking oral contraceptives, during pregnancy and at the time of menopause.
This excess of estrogen, a hormone that controls production of fat, which is partly the cause of cellulite. Moreover, the skin of the woman is finer than that of the man and his fat lobules are bigger. Finally, other factors are taken into account: an unbalanced diet associated with a trend in female fat storage, circulatory disorders that cause poor blood circulation contribute to the onset of cellulite, poor digestion causing an accumulation of toxins in fatty tissues, a genetic predisposition to being overweight and finally stress, which can increase fat deposition in tissues.
A healthy life, first
Before using various methods for reducing cellulite, it is essential to follow some basic rules of hygiene. First, food which is to avoid fatty foods or too rich, the excessive intake of salt and alcohol. Better to focus on lean proteins (for fish, white meat), the carbohydrates (pasta and(pasta and rice), fruits and vegetables (raw or cooked), fiber (including cereals) and drink at least two liters of water per day drain the tissues and eliminate toxins. Another thing to be carefully avoided: physical inactivity. It should be practicing a sport regularly, if possible endurance as walking, jogging, cycling, skating, cross country skiing or swimming. They thus work the lower body, oxygenate tissues and stimulate blood circulation.
Who is affected?
Cellulite affects about 80% of women, regardless of age and weight, as against only 5% of men. The cause of this inequality is mainly hormonal.
Estrogens (female hormones typically) are victims of changes in certain key periods in the life of the woman at the time of puberty in each menstrual cycle, while taking oral contraceptives, during pregnancy and at the time of menopause.
This excess of estrogen, a hormone that controls production of fat, which is partly the cause of cellulite. Moreover, the skin of the woman is finer than that of the man and his fat lobules are bigger. Finally, other factors are taken into account: an unbalanced diet associated with a trend in female fat storage, circulatory disorders that cause poor blood circulation contribute to the onset of cellulite, poor digestion causing an accumulation of toxins in fatty tissues, a genetic predisposition to being overweight and finally stress, which can increase fat deposition in tissues.
A healthy life, first
Before using various methods for reducing cellulite, it is essential to follow some basic rules of hygiene. First, food which is to avoid fatty foods or too rich, the excessive intake of salt and alcohol. Better to focus on lean proteins (for fish, white meat), the carbohydrates (pasta and(pasta and rice), fruits and vegetables (raw or cooked), fiber (including cereals) and drink at least two liters of water per day drain the tissues and eliminate toxins. Another thing to be carefully avoided: physical inactivity. It should be practicing a sport regularly, if possible endurance as walking, jogging, cycling, skating, cross country skiing or swimming. They thus work the lower body, oxygenate tissues and stimulate blood circulation.
By: Med Anis Bouden
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Filed under Health And Fitness by on Jul 21st, 2010. 