Fat Cells Never Die

More bad news for the over fat came out this week: Fat cells never die. That’s right, no matter how much you exercise and eat right, the fat cells you have are permanent. Think the bad news is over? Think again - because, although you cannot lose fat cells, your body will readily create new ones. More fat cells that never die.

Now for the worst part: fat cells grow and shirk depending on how much you feed them. When fat cells are “underfed” they secrete a chemical that makes you hungry. In other words, a skinny fat cell in an unhappy fat cell that will go to great lengths to make itself fat and happy again.

So, the more fat cells you have, the more “feed me” chemicals they secrete into the blood stream making it very hard indeed to burn the fat – especially in the long term. This is all very bad news for the tens of millions of obese persons on the planet. Not only will they never lose the fat cells they managed to grow, these same cells will drive them to eat enough to maintain their current weight.

It’s also a nightmare for those who are even a little over fat and want to lose that last inch or so. Their existing fat cells will work very hard at returning to their normal size and so defeat all but the most determined efforts to burn fat.

This means it’s more important than ever to avoid getting fat in the first place (see Prevention vs. Cure). Every extra fat cell you grow means another that will NEVER go away.

You can only hope to make them skinny and therein lays the path away from obesity. Fat cells, unlike other cells, can grow to hundreds of times their normal diameter. They can also shrink back to just a ghost of their former size. This is excellent news for those that want to look slimmer.

And this new report also stated something not so surprising – exercise and eating right is the best way to a trim figure – regardless of how many fat cells you have.

Other methods like gastric bypass and liposuction – the only operation that can actually remove fat cells – will only work if one keeps to a strict diet and regular exercise program.

Even with liposuction, the body can simply regenerate the fat cells taken out during the surgery – and in relatively short order if a healthy diet and exercise plan is not in place – i.e. a fat burner program.

All this new information goes a long way to explaining why it’s so difficult to get slim after being fat – even a little bit fat.

Research has indicated that only those persons who exercise regularly and stick to a low fat diet can keep the weight off. Unfortunately, most people just can’t seem to do this. The success rate is so low – despite all the ads on the Internet and TV for miracle weight loss – which scientists have turned to studying only those who have had gastric bypass because other groups tend not to be able to keep the fat off.

This should be a serious wake up call to those who are inching up in fat and especially to parents who are watching their children become obese. The chances of them leading lives life as a healthy slim people are very low – don’t wait until it’s too late.

The good news is that while a former fat person may never be an underwear model, they certainly can look slim, attractive and healthy via exercise and proper nutrition.

Diet fads, weight loss pills and even surgery are bad choices and, with the exception of surgery, mostly ineffective over short and medium time frames. The long term effects of surgery are still under study and get this:

Long-term body weight loss is not one of the long-term effects of liposuction.

From Board Certified Plastic Surgeons

See this link for more possible complications associated with liposuction:

Liposuction Effects

Gastric bypass is even more serious – equate it to have a chimp playing with the plumbing in your home. The doctors who perform this surgery are, of course, highly trained professionals but still: 1% of the patients DIE from this surgery.

And:

Complication rates in the early post-operative period, such as infection, dehiscence, leaks from staple breakdown, stomal stenosis, ulcers and deep thrombo-phlebitis may be as high as ten percent or more.

See this link for more info:

Health Dangers of Gastric Bypass Surgery

What are the long term health effects of gastric bypass? Nobody really knows. But the procedure is only recommend in the morbidly obese which means people so fat they could die from the condition. In these cases, it’s a lifesaving procedure – one that now accounts for more than 80% of bariatric surgeries in the US. A sad commentary on how bad things are and how willing people are to let themselves go.

Interestingly, while the death rates of patients from obesity related disease radically decreased for those having gastric bypass, suicide rates nearly doubled. Maybe it’s the effect of all those fat cells clamoring for food they can no longer get.

Don’t wait until you are a candidate for the morgue – do something today and get serious. Every extra fat cell you grow is one that won’t go away, so stop producing them today with your fat burner program based on exercise and healthy eating.

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