We store energy as fat within our adipocytes, the cells of the adipose tissue which stocks up and destocks it according to our daily activities. Imagine a round cell with a black nucleus and a body just as round but flexible, and able to expand or contract according to your storage needs. The adipose tissue, or rather the adipose organ,…
- 30 October 2015
WINE IS BOTH GOOD AND BAD FOR OUR HEALTH.
Wine is the best beverage… and the worst! Despite its cardiovascular benefits, due to its richness in antioxidant tannins, red wine is nevertheless an alcoholic beverage – no need to evoke here the well-known hazards linked to alcohol abuse – and a big purveyor of carbohydrates. So, do drink sparingly (one glass per meal), and prefer high-quality tannic red wines.
- 22 October 2015
REGULARLY EXERCISING HELPS CURB YOUR APPETITE.
Regular exercise increases our secretion of satiety hormones, which makes our appetite control system more sensitive. This means that we feel fuller faster.
- 20 October 2015
LACK OF SLEEP MAKES US GROW FAT.
Modern rhythms lead us to experience a chronic discrepancy between our biological clock and our everyday schedule: we are permanently “jetlagged”. A 10-year study by researchers from the university of Munich published in Current Biology (Till Roennenberg and al.) has identified a “social jetlag” typical from our contemporary societies. It results in lack of sleep, obviously, but also, and above…
- 20 October 2015
GREEN TEA PROMOTES ABDOMINAL WEIGHT LOSS.
The antioxidant flavonoids in green tea stimulate our basal metabolism, and therefore fat combustion, particularly that of abdominal fat. A survey conducted over a period of 12 weeks showed that drinking 4 daily cups of green tea led to a 9.5 cm² decrease in the surface of abdominal fat (Journal of Functional Foods, Jan 2012).
- 20 October 2015
LACK OF EXERCISE LEADS TO MUSCLE LOSS AND FAT STORAGE
The benefits of exercise have been proven scientifically, and we know that physical inactivity leads to muscle loss, and an increase in the ratio of fat body mass to lean body mass. Moreover, physical inactivity mostly promotes the accumulation of fat around the abdomen, and enhances the infiltration of the adipose tissue by macrophages, thus creating an inflammatory signalization network.…
- 15 October 2015
WE ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO DESTOCK TRANS FATS
Most trans fatty acids are the result of an industrial process designed to increase the chemical stability of a natural fat, and its shelf life, which explains why trans fats are so widely used by the food industry. Unfortunately, our organism only produces enzymes adapted to the breaking down of naturally-occurring fats… Pounds gained because of an excess of trans…
- 15 October 2015
MEALS EATEN IN FRONT OF THE TV TEND TO BE LARGER.
Our food intake is always larger during meals eaten in front of the TV (15% more calories on average). Man being a visual animal, sight indeed prevails over all the other senses. The risk of suggestion adds to this physiological reality: some of us light a cigarette whenever they see an actor smoking, and others automatically reach for a bag…
- 14 October 2015
THE MOST DANGEROUS BODY FAT IS THE ABDOMINAL FAT.
Inflated adipose cells secrete inflammatory hormones called adipokines and cytokines, and because of their location, those that make up the abdominal body fat pour these inflammatory substances and their fatty acids directly in the liver, thus increasing the danger of NASH (non alcoholic liver steatosis).