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primarily the fat from the food we eat and the fat that is sitting around in our bodies (in the liver
and intestines), but not the fat inside our fat cells.
Mobilizing body fat — getting the fat out of our fat cells to be burned — is the hard part, and
losing this fat is what results in weight loss and a better looking body!
Right now, your fat cells are filled with triglycerides (three fatty acids and one glycerol molecule
make up a triglyceride). Because triglycerides are made up of three fatty acids bound together
with a glycerol molecule, they are too large to leave the fat cells by themselves like free-flowing
fatty acids can. Because of this, triglycerides must be mobilized from the fat cells so that they are
available to be burned as energy.
When I say that fat must be ‘mobilized’, what I mean is that those triglycerides must be broken
back down into fatty acids so that they can ‘escape’ the fat cells that they are stuck inside.
By first mobilizing the fat and then using that fat for energy, your body will become leaner.
Fat mobilization is the first step in the weight loss process.
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 AT-LOSS RULES
YOU CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH FAT YOU MOBILIZE.
The rate at which fat can be mobilized is largely controlled by an enzyme called hormone-
sensitive lipase (HSL).It is primarily controlled by insulin and the catecholamines. Fat can be
mobilized with the activation of HSL. The problem is that when insulin or triglycerides (from
the food you eat) are found in the bloodstream, HSL activity comes to a halt and fat cannot be
significantly mobilized from your fat cells. Essentially, this means that any time you eat, you will be
unable to mobilize body fat.
The catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) increases HSL activity, speeding up the fat
mobilization process.
So you can control how much fat you mobilize through your diet, by keeping insulin low and
catecholamines high.
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