BODYFAT SETPOINT

BODYFAT SETPOINT⭕️⁣⁣
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With newer research coming up, there seems to be more support towards the idea of a “Set Point theory” where biological systems may be responsible for metabolic changes. Especially in regards to changes in body fat.
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The research is not definitive on the matter and precise mechanisms remain unclear, but this may give some “food for thought” to the people who believe that the set point doesn’t exist – or rather – that it should be preferably called “Settling point” and that it has to do only with environmental factors rather than physiological ones. ⁣
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Others suggest that the two (set and settling points) can coexist and shouldn’t be mutually exclusive, which seems to be more likely the case.⁣
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Anyway..⁣
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Have you ever noticed your body fighting back when your goal is to lose body fat? As you keep losing weight, you feel more tired, hungrier than usual and, before you know it, you’re back to your starting body weight..⁣⁣
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What’s going on? ⁣⁣
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When we lose fat, our appetite increases and our metabolic rate decreases, and that is largely due to hormones, mainly Leptin which is produced by the fat cells. ⁣
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Simply put, more triglycerides filling the fat cells = greater concentrations of Leptin, which is directly linked to the regulation of our resting metabolic rate, and in fact, it increases metabolic rate + decreases hunger.⁣⁣
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On the other hand, less triglycerides filling up the fat cells = less Leptin, which as a result decreases metabolic rate and increases hunger.⁣⁣⁣
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Interestingly enough, while dieting “relapses” tend to occur most of the time, where some (if not all) weight is regained after a fat loss phase… the opposite doesn’t necessarilyhappen. At least, not very often. This gives us a reason to believe that if a Body Fat Set Point actually exists, it’s likely to be “asymmetrical”.