Weight loss at menopause (without gaining it again)
What 99% of people don’t understand (I’ve seen it personally) is that intensive sport doesn’t guarantee a great figure.
If you do pushups, a marathon, or a stationary bike every day, you will of course lose fat.
But you're not necessarily going to become like Claudia Schiffer.
Your muscles and bones will grow. Your biceps and calves will swell. Depending on the sport you choose, you could:
- option 1: develop a muscular and stocky silhouette of a trucker
- option 2: become dry with protruding muscles like a tennis or running champion.
But it is not always the most effective or the most harmonious way to lose weight.
Advertising lie
In the television commercials, you see women who have a super flat and muscular belly, plump buttocks without a bit of fat, not even at the top of the thighs, magnificent breasts, both voluminous and firm… and you suggest that it is only sport (and Contrex or Volvic mineral water) that produced this result.
It’s making fun of the world.
Not only are 100% of the images you see today on TV, in the cinema or on advertising posters retouched by computer.
But it’s not the secret anyway.
It is true that, often, the “coaches” in the gym clubs have a very beautiful silhouette.
But don't be fooled: it was generally because they had a beautiful body and a lot of energy at the start that they turned to this profession and that they were recruited. To make customers want. To make them believe that, with the payment of their membership fee to the gym, they too can become like that easily.
But above all it’s commercial.
Sport, of course, helps to maintain them and to achieve an even better result.
But basically, these women have a secret, which I will reveal to you.
The secret in 11 letters
This secret is in 11 letters.
It’s a complicated word.
Most people who use it don't understand its meaning, even among those with medical training.
These 11 letters are M-E-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-M-E. "Metabolism".
"Metabolism" is the term used in medicine for all of the chemical reactions that keep an organism alive.
The metabolism is divided into two parts:
- Catabolism, or the production of body heat and energy by destroying the nutrients provided by your diet. It is catabolism that allows you to move, warm-up, and even think (the brain needs energy just like a muscle).
- Anabolism, or the making of all the compounds that cells need. It is anabolism that makes it possible to make and renew the tissues of your body: skin, organs, bones, muscles, etc. You have certainly heard of athletes who take "anabolic" products for doping. These are products that stimulate the production of muscle and bone tissue.
Together, catabolism and anabolism, therefore, form metabolism.
And here is where I was coming from:
Your metabolism accounts for around 70% of your total energy expenditure. A physical activity represents only 20% of your energy expenditure, and the remaining 10% corresponds to the energy consumed during digestion.
But you will see that the world is really unfair.
See how the world is unfair!
Some people, especially younger people, have a naturally high metabolism. They naturally have a lot of energy (good catabolism) and their tissues renew themselves quickly and well (good anabolism).
They are generally the most attractive people.
Not only are they more active and have a naturally firmer body.
But on top of that, no matter what they eat, they don't gain weight, even if they don't play sports.
You will also notice that these people, less chilly than the others, are perfectly comfortable in short clothes, even when everyone shivers.
You necessarily know some around you. People who, in the canteen or in the company restaurant, never miss a dessert.
Who are barefoot in their shoes, wear plunging necklines and mini skirts in winter.
Who do gymnastics only for "fun", from time to time, to have fun with friends, and who are not overweight?
Who are always alert and sparkling, as if they were vaccinated against low morale and low energy.
The explanation, you know it now: there is no miracle behind.
They are simply people who naturally have a high level of metabolism.
What they eat, they immediately transform into heat, energy, and to renew their cells (skin, hair, muscles ...) and stay young.
They have no particular merit. They were born like that. And they have no effort to do day by day.
But the birth inequality they enjoy goes even further.
Fewer diseases thanks to better metabolism
Better metabolism not only keeps you slim but also prevents many serious illnesses.
Indeed, a large belly increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension.
Being overweight also increases your risk of dyslipidemia (abnormal lipid levels in the blood), sleep disorders (apnea), or osteoarthritis because your joints are overloaded, especially in the hips and knees.
You are more likely to suffer from certain cancers, in particular cancers linked to the digestive system (cancer of the colon, gallbladder, pancreas, liver, kidney).
Finally, recent studies have linked overweight to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, that is, those that attack your brain cells and nerves.
Weak metabolism is not only suffering from a lack of energy, a tendency to overweight, and often chilliness. It’s also a higher risk of getting sick.
How to increase your metabolism naturally
Now, it is well known that your metabolic level can also be boosted by particular nutrients.
You know several: there is caffeine, which increases fat burning by up to 29% by its simple ability to boost metabolism.
Caffeine increases the body's production of heat (thermogenesis). You take off a layer of clothing because you burn more calories. A study published in 2012 has shown that a dose of 1 to 3 mg of caffeine per kg of body mass, the equivalent of 60 and 225 mg of caffeine for an adult of 60 to 75 kg, increases thermogenesis and therefore l of fat.
You will also realize this because caffeine makes you more alert, increases your speed of mind, which has been scientifically demonstrated once again in a large study I have already told you about. This effect is obtained by stimulating the functioning of the brain (the brain is our biggest consumer of glucose).
But caffeine also has a stimulating effect on muscles: if you drink a lot of coffee, your muscles will want to move so much that, if you don't ask them, they will start to tremble, in other words, move on their own!
This is why coffee is today recognized as effective against weight gain.
And that's not all: because it also accelerates anabolism (cell renewal), it helps prevent diseases as diverse as diabetes, certain cancers, and Alzheimer's disease.
Finally, note that caffeine, contrary to what has often been wrongly said, does not pose any health hazard. Today there is complete consensus among serious researchers. So much so that the health authorities themselves no longer hesitate to recommend drinking 5 or more cups a day!
Green tea for a flat stomach
Another well-known metabolic stimulant is green tea:
Several studies have shown that green tea helps you lose weight, especially in your stomach.
In a large 12-week study of 240 subjects of both sexes, it was found that green tea significantly reduced body fat, waist circumference, and overweight abdomen.
Green tea also contains a little caffeine, but the main effect is due to another compound, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
You know about ECGC because it is an important anti-cancer nutrient, which I talk about regularly. However, a meta-analysis carried out in 2010 showed that ECGCs of up to 250 mg per day have an interest in weight loss and maintenance.
Other studies have shown that green tea increases energy expenditure, which allows calories and more specifically fat to be burned more quickly. One study found that fat oxidation increased by 17% in people who had consumed green tea.
The majority of studies show that green tea extracts are also effective in controlling blood sugar and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease linked to overweight.
Put the odds on your side
Do not dream, however.
Drinking coffee and green tea, however beneficial, will not be enough to change your metabolism at all.
This is why I recommend a complex of targeted natural nutrients which, in addition to containing concentrated extracts of caffeine and ECGC of green tea, brings you a dose of two other stimulating natural products (and much less known), capsaicin and, above all, fucoxanthin.
Very few people know about fucoxanthin, which comes from the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida, or wakame, widely used in Japan.
However, a study published in December 2009 showed that fucoxanthin affects several enzymes involved in fat metabolism and causes an increase in the production of energy from lipids. You, therefore, consume your body fat faster.
Japanese researchers have also shown that fucoxanthin stimulates the production of a protein, UCP1, which can oxidize fats and promote their breakdown, which can lead to a weight loss of 5 to 10%. They have also been shown to stimulate the liver's production of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a fatty acid from the omega-3 family, which is excellent for heart health.
Two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have tested the effect of fucoxanthin on 150 overweight women. The subjects were followed for 16 weeks. In the first trial, the fucoxanthin supplemented group lost an average of 7 kg, compared to only 1.5 kg in the placebo group. In the second study, the metabolic level of people taking fucoxanthin was significantly higher than that of subjects taking placebo.
Capsaicin is a little better known. Found in chili peppers, it has the unique ability to stimulate the production of a very special form of healthy fats, the "brown fats" that burn calories and to accelerate the elimination of white fats ("bad fats ”).
According to a study published in 2010, capsaicin activates the specific proteins that are responsible for burning fat and suppresses those that are responsible for their storage.
Several studies have also shown that capsaicin increases energy expenditure. The increased secretion of adrenaline and norepinephrine from capsaicin may be responsible for this stimulating effect.
Capsaicin also has an appetite suppressant effect. According to the researchers, the consumption of capsaicin could decrease by approximately 74 kcal the number of calories consumed from an unlimited meal. This property is given to it by its ability to reduce the production of ghrelin, a hormone that triggers the feeling of hunger.
4 concentrated nutrients to boost metabolism
To sum up, we have here 4 concentrated nutrients to stimulate metabolism: caffeine, ECGC, fucoxanthin, and capsaicin.
Their first effect is to improve the energy production of the body and to promote the proper functioning and renewal of cells.
It is therefore relatively to your energy level, your morale, and your health that you will first feel the consequences.
But as the scientific maxim says, in nature "nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed".
If you have more energy, it will not be by magic. The fact is that your body will consume more nutrients, both for its catabolism and its anabolism (which together make up the metabolism, you understand that by now).
You can, therefore, expect weight loss, regardless of your physical activity, whether or not you do "more sport".
It's up to you, of course, to decide whether or not you want to try the experience. The purpose of this letter is not to push anyone to use it. The goal is to re-establish an essential truth, which is so important that I allow myself to repeat it again:
Physical activity, essential for health, accounts for only 20% of your energy consumption. 70% is related to your metabolism. It is the energy your body needs to stay warm, to provide your brain and organs with the energy and nutrients to function, but also simply to exist (live, repair, renew).
It is, therefore, necessary to stop giving bad conscience to people who suffer from a naturally low metabolism (and to overly value those who have a naturally high metabolism).
To be constructive, solutions must be provided. This is what I tried to do in this letter. And I would be very grateful to all readers who try to follow these tips to keep me posted on the results they will get. This will benefit the whole community.
For those of you who wish to obtain a supplement to stimulate the metabolism, the Cell’innov laboratory offers a Slimming formula (clickable link) combining caffeine, green tea, fucoxanthin, and capsaicin.
Cheers!
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