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    Burn Fat Research Paper

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    abdominal muscles are not able to burn fat in this area. Local burning fat is physically impossible. Burn a twisting belly fat? Human physiology research shows that despite the fact that the working muscle does use energy as a box next to her adipose tissue, thirty minutes of twists at the press burn only 0.05 g. fat (1). The mechanism of action of exercises to get rid of the fat a bit different – with aerobic exercise the body…

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    atherosclerosis (1– 4). The metabolic syndrome is associated with excessive accumulation of central body fat. Adipose tissue (AT) produces several cytokines termed adipokines, which have ISSN Print 0021-972X ISSN Online 1945-7197 Printed in U.S.A. Copyright © 2013 by The Endocrine Society Received May 13, 2013. Accepted October 9, 2013. First Published Online October 23, 2013 Abbreviations: AT, adipose tissue; BMI, body mass index; CTRP3, C1q complement/TNFrelated…

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    body mass index, due to a wide variables among breeds.5 Studies have assessed the validity of using plasma leptin concentration as a diagnostic biomarker of obesity in dogs.5-6 In humans, Leptin a protein synthesized and secreted primarily by adipose tissue is believed to regulate fat storage in the body.6 The concentration of blood leptin in our body is known to have a positively correlation with the body fat content and have to a higher concentration in obese patients.5 Therefore it is…

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    fat". But what does that mean? Well, muscle doesn't exactly burn fat but more accurately muscle raises your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). Adipose tissue (i.e. fat) takes no energy to sit on your body, that's why once it's there it will stay there until you exert enough energy to start using it as your energy source. Skeletal muscle tissue is called "active tissue" because it requires energy to maintain itself. To just sit on your body, each pound of muscle on your body uses about 30-60…

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    Every athlete has a drive to do better then his or her opponent. Competition is what drives athletes to enhance their practice and conquer the highest place on the podium. Many athletes try out different diets, supplements, and training techniques to improve their performance. The use of nutritional ergogenic aid in the sports industry is very well known for improving performance. Most ergogenic aids affect the metabolism and the central nervous system to reduce body fat content and stimulate…

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    Stating obesity is excess body fat (adipose tissue) not extra weight that is the leading cause of comorbid…

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    and hyperglycemia and has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (isomaa 2001, kannel 1992, lee s 2006, hanson 2002) (58-62). Waist circumference is a measurement that reflects the amount of adipose tissue deposits as well as total fat mass, providing a measure of body fat distribution. (Zhu S, 2002). Research has showed that in assessment of abdominal adiposity waist…

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    In order to minimize the cons and maximize the pros - you need to lose as much body fat and retain as much lean tissue as possible. Reason being - it is much easier to extract water from the muscles rather than adipose tissue, also having less fat will make you closer to your weight limit to begin with. Coming in out of shape and attempting to "quick-fix" everything by cutting water is the worst scenario possible (The…

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    Recovery Theory

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    throughout the report to explain the effects of the theory on the recovery phase or how it could help to prevent it from happening. (Blackburn & Kanders, 1994) state that obesity is medically defined as excessive adipose tissue. The most commonly held theory of obesity is that it is caused by chronic positive energy balance, namely , the individual consumes more energy than is expended. Changes in weight can be understood in terms of the energy balance, it means that a person gains weight…

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    body weight regulation, temperature etc. and there is a set-point – a goal level or optimum point which must remain stable (Brace, 2015). This is the same with the Set Point Theory that proposes that there is an active feedback mechanism relating adipose tissue or stored energy to consumption and expenditure via a ‘set point’, seemingly programmed in the brain. Homeostasis and Set Point Theory both contends that a person's metabolism corrects itself to sustain and maintain a weight at which it…

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