The secret to losing weight “You may not know this yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself, endlessly. That’s your beauty.” – Lidia Yuknavitch People all over the world wish to lose weight, as being overweight increases the likelihood of developing potentially life-threatening diseases. An obese person is at a higher risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
Many people who are overweight experience social shame and suffer from embarrassment about how they look. This leads to various insecurities that impact their self-esteem and confidence which could further lead to anxiety and depression.
Being overweight also puts a strain on your joints, especially your knees. Excess weight puts stress on your joints and can lead to wear and tear, promoting the onset of arthritis. According to a survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the Calorie Control Council in the United States, it was observed that among 2,074 adults, 1,540 want to lose weight. There are various myths about weight loss, weight gain, and dieting but the most damaging is that it’s all about willpower.
“If I only had more willpower,” people say to themselves, and when people go on a diet and it fails, they naturally blame themselves, get depressed and give up on fat burning. Well, if you are among those people who have tried a lot of things but couldn’t lose weight, there is good news for you. Cambridge University, home to the most prestigious medical schools in the world, has come up with a major breakthrough.
Researchers from Cambridge have proven records and their latest discovery is no less. It has already helped thousands of people to lose body fat. This breakthrough is so important that it isn’t only Cambridge University talking about it. Harvard University calls it a “fat-burning breakthrough” and Wall Street Journal calls it a “new way to lose weight”. The New York Times says that this invention “burns calories like a furnace” and Times Magazine named it “the ultimate weapon against fat.”
This invention is indeed a pretty big deal and if you are someone who has always suffered from losing weight and fat burning, you need to stop everything else immediately and read this further. This will help you shed your unwanted pounds and give you the body you always dreamt of! It will also help you understand why some weight losing techniques do not work for you while they work for others.
Why can’t You Shed Body Fat?
This will be very new to you and something that no one has ever told you before. So, this basically started with Cambridge University researching why some people cannot lose weight in spite of all they do for the same. Luckily, they found something really interesting! Your blood is full of some rogue proteins whose only job is to stop your body from losing weight. These are known as SLR11 proteins and attach themselves to your fat cells and force your body to gain weight. This protein brings your metabolism to a screeching halt, beefing up your fat cells.
So no matter whatever steps you take to lose weight, these proteins block your ability to lose weight. Such proteins are like breaks in a car that stops the car from moving forward. Similarly, these proteins which we call the “obesity protein” stop your body from generating heat to lose weight.
One of the researchers at Cambridge says that these proteins are present more in obese people, which stops them from burning fat in spite of fasting, running, and dieting. So until these proteins are stopped, your body cannot lose weight.
How to Destroy Obesity Protein?
It all boils down to your knowledge of fat cells. Most of us don’t know that our body has two types of fat cells and both play a very different role. One is called brown fat which generates heat and the other is white fat which stores fat in your body.
In simple terms, brown fat creates heat that burns white fat cells. Children have loads of brown fat which is why they can eat anything and not gain weight, while adults do not, which makes them gain weight easily.
The obesity protein is linked to your brown fat as it actually stops the production of brown fat which is essential for a healthy metabolism. If your body does not have enough brown fat, your body cannot burn white fat produced by your own white fat cells. It means that the more brown fat you will have, the more white fat you burn, and the lesser of this obesity protein your body will make.
How to Make More Brown Fat
While researchers will need a lot of time to produce such pills that will help you produce more brown fat, you can do the same as early as today! There are three tips for this. Try doing all three only if you can handle it, as they are pretty harsh.
First is an ice bath as cold temperature pushes brown fat to create more heat and the shock of cold water stimulates massive brown fat activity. In fact, test subjects were able to boost their metabolism by 25-40 percent by immersing themselves in icy cold water. But this method boosts metabolism only for a short period of time. However, if regular ice baths is not your thing, you can try tip two.
You can try intermittent fasting which is a strategy where you cycle between periods of fasting and eating and most experts recommend fasting of at least sixteen hours. Researchers found that intermittent fasting stimulated the creation of brown fat through the activation of stem cells.
Due to this, your white fat is removed or covered by brown fat which leads to an even bigger boost in metabolism. It works because much like icy cold water, fasting is a shock to your body. So brown fat cells work towards converting white fat cells into energy. But any technique where you need a lot of willpower to stick to is a waste of time because you may not be able to stick to it for very long.
For most people, these techniques are a little extreme and kind of brutal. So there is a third tip which is metabolism boosting. A single nutrient has been identified that has the potential to turn unhealthy white fat cells into fat-burning, brown fat cells. Using this ingredient, your metabolism will go into overdrive and this nutrient does not care about your genetics. This power nutrient is turmeric which enhances the expression of genes specific to those powerful brown fat cells through a process called Nutrigenomic Epigenetic Modification. This simply means that it is capable of altering the genes in white fat cells making them act like brown fat cells. It also encourages the formation of new mitochondria which means you will create more energy and more fat will be burnt.
It is also responsible for the production of two enzymes, one which is responsible for the breakdown of fat and the other which suppresses the creation of fat. Turmeric also increases the activity of a hormone responsible for regulating your metabolism. But for turmeric to have this much potential, it needs to be combined with a sidekick.
Turmeric has a special element called curcumin which converts white fat cells into brown fat cells. Turmeric also helps your body get rid of certain proteins like TFA alpha which halts the process of converting white fat cells into brown fat cells. But turmeric is hard for your body to absorb, which is why it needs to be paired with piperine, a substance found in black pepper so that the body can absorb it better. Their combination needs to be in a correct ratio which is why various supplements are available for this. You can check out some supplements which are available in the market and are quite genuine. This new study can be really helpful for you in case you are struggling with fat burning. So go ahead, give it a shot and you might just achieve your toned body goals!
About the author Brian Rose:
As a Biohacker, I completely submerged myself in neural enhancement, receiving training in a Neuro Performance Program with Vitanya Brain Performance, and completing Vipassana, a 10-day Silent Meditation Retreat. These experiences trained my brain to change its frequency from Alpha to Beta and taught me how to move energy within my body to benefit my mind.
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