Cellulite is many things. It's unsightly. It's embarrassing. Cellulite is also controllable but not necessarily preventable and only as long as there's a willingness to implement dietary and lifestyle changes.
Everybody knows what cellulite looks like because it's so easily recognizable. It resembles the skin of an orange or worse, cottage cheese. It has a unique pattern and it generally appears on one of 3 parts of the body - the hips, the buttocks or the abdomen.
Cellulite is far more prevalent in women than in men. It varies in intensity from mild to extreme and, contrary to popular belief it's not at all a medical condition. It's simply the term used to describe the visible effect on the epidermis of excess fat deposits being stored just below its surface.
Causes Of Cellulite
Cellulite doesn't generally become an issue until the years preceding puberty. That's when a young girl's hormone levels surge and those hormones begin sending messages to various parts of the body signaling the need to begin changing. One of these changes involves the formation of a layer of fat within the innermost layer of skin called the subcutaneous fat layer.
During the manufacture of this fat layer, a patterned structure within this layer is created, the purpose of which is to contain stored fat. It is this pattern, or framework for fat storage, shaped somewhat like the letter 'X' that creates the dimpling effect when too much fat is stored and the fat deposits begin to bulge. The pattern that's created in a man's body is different. It's shaped more like column so even when there's excess fat being stored it's usually not visible in the same manner.
Normal levels of fat stored in this innermost layer of the subcutaneous won't create the external dimpling because there's enough space for all the fat deposits. So really, every woman has the tendency to develop some degree of cellulite when fat begins to accumulate.
How To Treat Cellulite
Clothing can cover the appearance of cellulite, but most people cannot remain in long pants all the time. You could spend hundreds of dollars trying hundreds of cellulite treatment products and not get anywhere close to the same results you'll get by treating cellulite naturally. Not with some herb or balm, but with diet and exercise. The only way cellulite will be less noticeable is by shrinking the size of the fat cells stored in the subcutaneous layer so they no longer bulge.
And contrary to what the marketers of these hundreds of cellulite treatment creams, lotions, wraps, pills and other procedures will tell you, a sensible diet that's heavy on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein and low in sodium and saturated fat will put you on the road to recovery. Combine moderate, regular exercise with the nutritious diet and do exercises that focus on the areas where cellulite appears like walking or biking. In a few months (or longer, depending on the severity of the cellulite) this embarrassing skin problem should be well under control.
Massage may help reduce cellulite because the motions help break down the stored fat deposits.
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