Sun, Oct-26-14, 10:18
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Plan: Atkins, Newcastle
Stats: 260/221.8/165
BF:Highest weight 260
Progress: 40%
Location: Northern California
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Can we outlive our fat cells?
Recent research mentioned in a Discover magazine article shows that our fat cells live for about 10 years. I guess this could mean that if you diet off extra weight, and maintain that loss for years, then the fat cells that were once bloated with fat will die off, making it easier to maintain. Maybe.
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The Swedish biologist Kirsty Spalding and others have found that your fat-storage cells persist for about a decade, which is good news for people who struggle to lose weight. It was long thought that starvation merely deflates fat cells rather than killing them off, leaving them to fill up again like grocery bags when a dieter tires of feeling hungry. But if you can stick to a healthy regimen for long enough, it seems that you can help to stabilize your weight by outliving some of your fat cells.
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