Freeze! What is Fat and How Do We Get Rid of It?

Have you ever gotten to your goal weight, only to find that you’re fit and healthy, eating well and exercising, but you’re still left with stubborn wobbly bits?

Whether it’s a muffin top that just won’t quit, bingo wings you’d love to beat or hips that do lie when it comes to reflecting all your hard work, don’t despair.

Whereas your diet and exercise plan is the only way to ensure you stay at the right weight for your height and you feel good, we can all suffer from stubborn pockets of fat that just won’t shift, no matter what you do.

But first, back to basics. Body fat is a huge concern for the Western world, as high levels can be a contributory factor in many health issues, not least high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory problems. And besides all of that, excess fat is unsightly and can leave us feeling down and depressed about the skin we’re in.

So what is fat? The clinical name for fat is adipose tissue. It’s found all over the body, and when the levels of fat in your body are healthy it plays an extremely important role. Note to self – fat is NOT a bad thing.  For example, right under your skin you’ll find subcutaneous fat, and small amounts of other important fats exist around your kidneys and liver.

As most of us will already be aware, women tend to carry fat in their breasts, hips, waist and bum. This is slightly different from where men carry fat, and that difference is due to differing levels of estrogen and testosterone.

Fat tissue is made up of fat cells. These cells don’t change in number after puberty, but they do expand and store extra fat when you intake foods containing fat. The fatty acids are absorbed from the blood into fat cells, muscle cells and liver cells during digestion. Fatty acids are made into fat molecules, and then stored as fat droplets.

Your body stores fat you aren't working off for future use, and your weight is determined by the rate at which you store energy from your food, and the rate at which you use that energy. As your body breaks down fat, each fat cell gets smaller.

If, however, there is one stubborn area on your body that simply stops responding to your regime after a certain point, all is not lost. Freezing treatments, such as CoolTec, work to cool the fat cells, which then shrink, break down and are removed by the body’s natural metabolic process.

These treatments aren’t for overweight people who want a quick fix, instead they’re a helping hand for men and women who are relatively slim, but who may have has a stubborn roll of belly fat, love handles, flabby underarms, hips, back and/or abdominal fat; those stubborn hard to reach areas that don't respond as well as the rest of the body to diet and exercise. So if you’ve done the hard work and want that helping hand at the toned and taut silhouette, a CoolTec treatment just might be the perfect option for you.