Body fat, Heritage or lifestyle?

Body fat, Heritage or lifestyle? - "Battle Your Biology? Fat Chance! ", is a headline that became a hot topic in the rubric health daily The New York Post which was released some time ago.

Quoting from the various studies of the nutritionist and a physician, in the article it is written that genetic factors (read: offspring. red) undertook to affect a person's weight. So, if you're obese, it's not easy your wrong completely. Is it so?

Dr. James Rosen, a professor of the University of Vermont stated, "we know that beyond the environmental factors and the person's behavior, genetic factors also plays a major role in determining the weight of a person."

While genetic factors influence on weight and make someone fat genes inherited from his parents, then the most appropriate ways to prevent weight gain, is willing to take responsibility for yourself and trying to make a change. Remember, even though it passed on genetically, overweight can still be prevented.

Overweight & Body Type

In the 1930s, the Harvard psychologist Dr. William h. Sheldon developed a classification system for different body types called "somatotyping." Somatotyping is a classification system of the body based on the type of each individual body is divided into 3 distinct types namely, ectomorph, mesomorphs and endomorphs.

Ectomorph body type is the body shape that looks thin. The owner of this body usually have fast metabolism and low body fat. Even while eating a lot of food once did, their weight is difficult.

Mesomorph is the athletic body shape with a solid body and tend to be muscular. This body type is usually the easiest to form the body and gain muscle mass.

As for Endomorphs are someone who tends to be overweight, have little muscle mass and many accumulate in fat. Mesomorph body weight will be easy climbs if eating certain foods.

Endomorphs are producing too much insulin when consuming carbohydrates. This is one of the factors the causes of increased fat storage and difficulty in losing fat. This condition is known as "insulin resistance Syndrome" or "X."

Hormones and weight loss

Scientists claim that the trend of weight gain for the Endomorph body owners also because of a chemical imbalance in the brain that cause people to overeat. The content of this chemical called ghrelin.

Ghrelin is a hormone produced by cells lining the P/D1 cells of human stomach and epsilon from the pancreas that stimulates hunger. The level of ghrelin rise before meals and decrease after meals.

Ghrelin can trigger accumulation of fat especially in the abdominal area (visceral obesity) that can engakibatkan high blood pressure to diabetes type 2.

In fact, further research mentions, when someone was given an injection of ghrelin and then are welcome to eat, they eat 30% more than usual!

Basically, what medical circles is trying to tell you is that if you have excess weight, not the lifestyle that only affected him, but genetically possible you already have inherited it.

The experts also suggested that the effort to lose weight instantly without offset by setting diet and proper exercise should preferably be avoided early on.

The use of drugs sometimes can never be a healthy solution. Diet experts agree if healthiest way to lose weight is by keeping his diet, exercise, with patience and perseverance.

Anyone Can Lose Weight

Dr. Thomas Wadden, a psychologist from Syracuse University, said, "If you have a genetic predisposition towards obesity, you can reduce fat as others. No one is destined to be fat, because essentially everybody can lose weight. "muscleandstrength was quoted as saying.

"You just have to work harder and longer than everyone else. The results may not be as skinny as you might imagine, but you can lose weight. "adds Wadden.

It is not wise if you had to give up just because it has genetic factors cause overweight. Bring up reasons that make yourself resigned and did not want to do anything to lose weight even make weight grew.

So, start taking responsibility and doing healthy changes in life in order to ' plump ' heritage does not haunt you forever.

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