What is cellulite?
Cellulite is not caused by too much fat.
Cellulite is not about trapped toxins.
Cellulite is not about inflammatory subcutaneous cells.
Cellulite is merely the visibility of subcutaneous fat cells.
But why are only the female fat cells that visible?
Cellulite is an almost exclusively female issue (though increasingly more men get it too) because female fat cells are clustered in sacs, arranged in vertical columns. Additionally, women by nature also contain about twice as much fat as men, which makes the fat cells more pronouncedly visible. But though you need fat to fill fat cells, cellulite is not caused by excessive body-fat; Even the skinniest women can have cellulite because even they have partially filled fat cells. Being a woman means holding sufficient fat.
It is both unnatural and impossible to empty all your fat cells completely, and in women the last drops of fat are stored on thighs and buttocks.
The reason why in women much fat is stored on thighs and buttocks is because the female body is designed to give birth. And her breasts are designed to feed her baby. 52% of the energy human babies need is obtained from fat in mother`s milk (the rest from protein and carbs in mother`s milk). And this fat originates from mama`s adipose tissue; mainly from her thighs and buttocks. That is why these are the hardest parts of your body to lose weight from; it`s the fridge for your future child.
We all need sufficient fat because fatty acids are the main source of energy for the colon and heart. Some essential neurotransmitters in the brain are made of fat.
There is only one name for completely emptied fat cells: end-stage anorexia.
If you are overweight the fat cells are filled. This makes cellulite more pronouncedly visible than in half empty fat cells, but even slim women have cellulite. Cellulite is not about too much fat, but about the visibility of those fat cells.
But since most women have it, isn`t cellulite natural?
Lots of people think that cellulite in women is natural, but that is absolute nonsense. What is true is that nowadays it is considered normal for women to have cellulite. About 90% of women in developed countries, where `supermarket-food` is consumed, have cellulite. And because it is so normal, we tend to think it`s natural. The reason why it is so prevalent now is because we all eat the same so-called `health` foods and `junk`-food, and consume increasingly more protein. Americans, on the average, consume more protein each year, but from 1984 till today this increase was four fold higher than before 1984. (Source: FAO database)
Another reason is that it is now normal to use hormonal contraceptives from a very early age.
OK, but what causes those fat cells to become visible?
Visibility of Fat Cells
Cellulite is characterized by extrusion of fat cells into the outer skin. [18] This is caused by an increased concentration of damaged proteins, with high water- attracting properties. This leads to a rise in the amount of water retained in the skin.
What does this mean?
That you can only see those subcutaneous fat cells if they are extruded into the outer skin. The fat cells are extruding due to excessive moisture - which is attracted by damaged protein.
You can test this yourself:
Excessive moisture increases water pressure. You can increase water pressure in your skin by pressuring two inches of thigh between thumb and fingers. What happens?
Subcutaneous fat cells become clearly visible. This, exactly, is the secret of cellulite: subcutaneous fat cells become visible due to an increased water pressure in the skin. If the skin does not contain too much moisture, the true skin is soft enough to `absorb` these fat cells and there is no cellulite, but if the true skin contains too much water, it cannot `absorb` the fat cells and these are extruded into the outer skin.
A bicycle tire, pumped up normally, absorbs all road irregularities.
But if you pump it up much more, you will clearly feel every little stone you ride; if the skin is `pumped up` with too much moisture, subcutaneous fat cells will be visible.
So what causes cellulite?
1. The consumption of too much proteinaceous prepared foods. Heat damages amino acids and creates new substances (the Maillard reaction). Proteins are long chains of amino acids; if some of these amino acids are damaged, they can no longer be easily separated from the other amino acids. These undivided amino acids cannot be immediately utilized, and, therefore, end up in the skin where they attract extra moisture that increases the water pressure in the skin and reveals subcutaneous fat-cells.
2. Occasionally consuming too much salt or spices will increase the temporary severity of cellulite, but if your salt / spices intake is very steady and level it will do no damage because the body adapts its uptake and excretion of salts to the average intake of salt / spices.
3. Consuming excessive protein elevates the average skin-protein level and thus the true skin will also contain more water. Even by consuming only the right combination of fruits, you will lack energy before you can possibly lack protein.
4. Constipation intensifies cellulite by giving the body more time to absorb `dirty` protein, but don`t use laxatives.
5. An impaired hormone metabolism, through the use of hormonal contraceptives, for instance, can cause cellulite.
Though your menstrual period seems perfectly normal when you are on the pill, the only way the pill can function is by dominating the natural metabolism of your hormones. If it didn`t, the pill could never prevent pregnancy. Pharmacists know that extra androgens and/or estrogens can cause water retention.
Is cellulite hereditary?
Some of us like to think so because it relieves us from being responsible ourselves. But luckily, cellulite is not hereditary.
What does seem to be `hereditary` is eating habits; Children take over much of the eating habits of their parents. They become accustomed to these foods, learn to like some of them, and adopt them as their own choice. In general, they stick to these foods for the rest of their life. So just like their mothers, the girls will very likely have cellulite too.
Most recipes are passed on from one generation to the next, and are only adapted in the sense that today we use more pre-manufactured products and more proteinaceous ingredients.
It`s not just about taste and customs:
1. Wheat and dairy products contain physically addictive opioid peptides. (See Chapter 58) We eat so many wheat-and dairy products because of these addictive peptides. Just think of the flavor of baked bread, or pizza, or that cheesy taste. (Many products therefore contain wheat- and/or milk-protein; to increase sales)
Those who have not been breast fed have become
accustomed to cows` milk opioid peptides (in formula milk) from the day they were born, and therefore have even more problems staying away from food products containing wheat or milk protein. This is why formula fed children, on the average, grow up to be fatter than children fed human milk. [20]
While cow`s milk-based formula milk contains cow`s milk-opioid peptides, it does not contain the right growth factors and –hormones (at best it still contains some of the hormones / factors meant for calves). Human milk contains specific growth hormones and other hormones that strengthen the optimal development of the human suckling (incl. It`s brain). That is why formula fed children, on the average, become less intelligent.
2. Prepared foods contain physically addictive beta-carbolines. The more protein these prepared foods contain, the more beta-carbolines have originated. We, therefore, all love to eat proteinaceous prepared foods. Just think of that salty flavor of fried meat, making you instantly `hungry`.
Cellulite is considered the `norm` today because of the foods we all eat. Because fewer babies are breastfed (or just during a few months), even young children can have cellulite nowadays since they already absorb `dirty` protein from `baby-food`.
They also become addicted to the opioid peptides and beta-carbolines (in the baby food) at a very early age. If you have been raised mainly on foods containing opioid peptides and beta-carbolines, you are addicted to foods containing lots of `dirty` protein. So, if mom has cellulite but breastfed her daughter, and the daughter eats differently and consumes very little `dirty` protein, the girl will not have cellulite. Or the other way around: if mom has no cellulite but did not breastfeed (or just a few months), then her daughter will have stronger cravings for foods containing opioid peptides, and thus will very likely develop cellulite at an early age.
Beating cellulite is mainly about beating your addiction to wheat- and dairy-products and proteinaceous prepared foods. By sufficiently decreasing your intake of `dirty protein` (and salt) your cellulite will decrease too - within three months. Depending on how good you want your skin to look, you must decrease your intake of `dirty` protein accordingly. |