The difference between fat and cellulite
August 13th, 2008 | by admin |What is fat?
Fat is deposited in the body as stored food. The fat is utilised when the body is deprived of food and is extremely useful during the pregnancy and lactation. Fat tissue is not stubborn and can be reduced and moved from their positions by exercises and planned diets.
Cellulite is a peculiar type of fat deposition in the connective tissue underlying the skin. The connective tissue underlying the skin is not that elastic and is not flexible like the skin. The fat deposited in the connective tissue layer is actually trapped in between them and the fat becomes rigid and stubborn thus shows up as bumps and bulges.
- The bumps and the bulges are visible through the skin when the person is slim or when the person looses fat as a result of exercise and diet control.
- Dieting only is of no use when it comes to reducing the cellulite levels in the body.
The hips, thighs and the belly region are the places where the fat gets deposited at the first stage of deposition. Those fat layers that get trapped in between the connective tissue form the cellulite and this may be the reason that the belly and the thighs are the regions that respond last to the exercises. The cellulite bulges and bumps are revealed when the loose fat is shed off.
- The fat can be burned off by exercises and dieting but the cellulite does not heed to these challenges.
The peculiarity of the women connective tissue, which has an X shaped texture, may also be a reason for the high rate of cellulite formation in women.
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