Kill Fat Cells Instantly Just by Freezing

Them! ( Youll Never Believe How it

Works )

Womans Vibe
October 26 at 5:44pm
For most people, fat bulges are something they dont want. It makes our thighs jiggle,
our clothes fit tight and look bad, and typically lingers despite our torturous attempts to
eliminate it. Too much of it increases our risk for certain illnesses like heart disease
and type 2 diabetes, so for decades researchers have looked for ways to reduce
it. Humans have two types of fat: white fat & brown fat, and understanding the
differences between the two, can help people lose weight. White fat is the thin layer
of blubber we see on the human belly. backs of arms and on the thighs. This particular
fat acts as a thermal insulator, that keeps body temperatures stable.

Brown fat, on the other hand, is less abundant in the body and creates heat, rather
than trapping it like white fat does. Brown fat actually warms a cold body by burning
energy or calories.
White fat however, can take on brown fat characteristics, with the
resulting product called beige fat. This process is called browning. Because beige
and brown fat are able to burn calories, they are a positive force for weight loss, while
an excess of white fat is associated with weight gain and obesity. According to Dr.
Philip A. Kern, a researcher of theUniversity of Kentucky School of Medicine, browning
fat tissue would be an excellent defense against obesity, as it would make the body
burn extra calories rather than converting them into fatty tissue.

Where Do We Have Brown Fat?

Brown fat can be difficult to study because it is hard to find in adults, and typically
found in unpredictable locations in the body, and not always in the same place on
every person. Theres a region in the neck and the shoulders, where you typically find
it, but again not on everybody. In a recent study, brown fat was found in the chests and
down the spines of a group of healthy young men, along with places in the abdomen.

Japanese researchers asked 12 young men with lower than average amounts of
active brown fat to sit in a 63 degrees F room for two hours a day for six weeks. At
first, the study participants burned an average of 108 extra calories in the cold,
compared with more normal indoor temperatures. After six weeks, however, their
bodies were burning an extra 289 calories in the cold, and scans indicated that their
beige fat had indeed increased. A group of similarly aged and healthy men who were
not repeatedly exposed to the cold, showed no change in their metabolism.
Professor Michael Symonds and Dr. Helen Budge from the Universitys School of
Clinical Sciences say their research, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, shows that
there is only about 50 g of brown fat in the neck area, and that it switches on and off
throughout the day when its exposed to different temperatures or if you exercise or
eat. The challenge now is to use this knowledge to find out how to switch on brown
fat to lose weight and prevent excess weight gain.
Research has shown that certain groups of people tend to have more brown fat than
others. For example:
Younger people have more brown fat than elderly people
Slender people have more brown fat than obese people
People with normal blood sugar levels have more brown fat than those with high
blood sugar

Studies Show Exposure to Cold Causes Fat Cell Death

Increased exposure to the cold helps turn on our brown fat, helping people keep
weight off and lessen obesity issues. Researchers have suggested more people turn
down their thermostats for a few hours each day during the winter months, and
published the study in the Endocrine Societys Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &

Metabolism.
When taking biopsies of patients fat deposits, scientists found that in the winter, belly
and thigh fat showed greater signs of browning than did fat samples taken in the
summer. This suggests that cold temperatures facilitate the transformation of white fat
into beige. Most homes in winter are heated to around 69F (21C), but Maastricht
University Medical Centre advises turning the thermostat down to between 62F (17C)
and 59F (15) for a few hours per day. Experts say that because we spend so much of
our time indoors in overheated homes and offices, it can cause our bodies to not
naturally burn calories to keep warm.
An article in The New York Times highlights a study where a group of men slept in a
metabolic chamber that was kept at a mildly chilly 66 degrees. After four weeks of
sleeping at this temperature, the men had almost doubled their volume of brown fat,
experienced an increase in insulin sensitivity, and even burned a few more calories
throughout the next day.
This practice is known as cold thermogenesis, and can lead to doubling of the
volume of metabolically active brown fat, an increase in insulin sensitivity, and the
burning of more calories.
Moderate intensity cold thermogenesis would be sitting in a 50-60 degree room
while only wearing shorts, which is significant for brown fat formation.
Hardcore intensity cold thermogenesis can be achieved from wearing an ice vest
and a pair of compression shorts filled with ice packs. This practice causes the body
to start shivering, which then burns massive amounts of calories.

Ice Therapy To Burn More Body Fat

Tim Ferriss is the author of a book called The Four-Hour Body, which includes the
concept of activating your brown fat, to boost fat burning by exposing yourself to frigid
temperatures. He states you can increase your fat burning potential by as much as
300% by adding ice therapy to your healthy eating and workout routine. A Livestrong
article backs up Ferriss claim stating:
A NASA scientist told ABC News thats no hyperbole. In studying the effects of
temperature on astronauts, he saw peoples metabolism boost by 20 percent in
environments as mild as 60 degrees. A Joslin researcher told National Public Radio
that 3 oz. of brown fat could burn 400 to 500 calories daily.

Scientists Find Popsicles Kill Fat, Causing Dimples In Children

The theory of fat cells can be frozen and killed has also been proven through another
strange way called the Popsicle Panniculitis, that shows excessive exposure to cold
from popsicles can result in the dimpling of the cheeks. The parents of a 9-month-old
boy were concerned about the enlarging areas of reddish discoloration on his
cheeks.The infant was born healthy, had no significant medical or family health history,

had no bug bites, trauma, or illnesses, and hadnt been around anyone who was sick.
His growth and development were normal and immunizations were up-to-date.
However, the playful infant had symmetrical non-tender lesions on his cheeks, close to
the edges of the mouth. His oral cavity was normal, and nothing more was
found. Further questioning revealed that 2 days before the lesions appeared, his
mother had given the infant a popsicles for teething, which led to a clinical diagnosis of
popsicle panniculitis. Popsicles, icepacks, and exposure to cold have all been shown
to cause popsicle or cold panniculitis in children.
It predominantly occurs during infancy after a cold injury and generally affects the
cheeks and chin. These are the areas that are rich in subcutaneous fat and more often
exposed to cold. Popsicle panniculitis usually looks like areas of reddish discoloration
or as red-purple, hardened, non-tender, swellings of the cheeks 24 to 48 hours after
contact with a popsicle or ice cube. The subcutaneous fat in adults has predominantly
unsaturated fats, which may explain why popsicle panniculitis occurs almost
exclusively in children.
Dr. Amy Brodsky, a Chicago board certified dermatologist, was also not born with a
dimple, but at the age of six, she injured her left cheek in an accident that was
then treated with ice compresses for several hours. Within days, her cheek turned into
a solid firm mass, and six to eight weeks later, the injury resulted in a pronounced
dimple. For years she thought this was a result of her injury, until she studied
Dermatology and found it to be the result of Cold Panniculitis.

Freezing Fat For Spot Reduction On Trouble Areas

For the reasons listed above, researchers are saying that something as simple as
applying ice packs to areas of white fat deposits for 30 minutes to an hour, could
encourage this browning process and help boost weight/fat loss,if you also follow a
healthy diet and regular exercise routine. This works by chilling the skin, then causing
the underlying fat cells to naturally die off, then be metabolized by the body.
This reduces the thickness of fat in the area thats treated. There is a commercial
treatment called CoolSculpting, which requires expensive equipment, yet it is very
effective! With a session lasting one hour per spot treated, this machine produces a
reduction in the fat thickness of the treated area. Once fat cells are frozen, they drain
naturally from the body. It can take six to 12 weeks to see the results, but a patient can
lose half an inch from their waistline after just one one-hour treatment. An area can be
treated multiple times, but it is said the first treatment is usually the most effective.

The device sucks the skin and underlying fat into a cup, then cooling it. The current
theory is that chilling fat tissues to just below freezing triggers inflammation of the fat
cells (Panniculitis) and then triggers natural cell death in the fat cells (apoptosis). The
inflammation starts 3 days after treatment, peaking at 30 days, with the number of fat
cells continuing to decline over the 90 day period. Temporary side effects include
occasional bruising and a little bit of redness. While the fat cells that are treated drain
from the body, there are still other surrounding fat cells that can expand, so a patient
has to maintain a healthy diet.
A common concern is frostbite, or other damage to the skin, however this is not a
problem, as you need far colder temperatures (-10c/14f) to cause that type of damage.
CoolSculpting uses temperatures that do not immediately kill off the fat cells, but rather
it triggers the natural process of cell death (apoptosis). Thats why the end result takes
a couple weeks, and up to 3 months for the full effect to be seen. I will be doing a
follow up story about this in the near future. However, it has been found that a similar
effect can be produced at home for almost no cost.

Using Ice Pack Therapy At Home To Shed Excess Fat

Ice-packs have been known to bring down inflammation and prevent swelling in sports
injuries for decades, and due to all the evidence for the CoolSculpting treatment,
researchers say its possible to replicate the effects at home by simply applying ice
packs to the skin.
An early study of CoolSculpting showed a reduction in the fat levels by doing this,

(though not as great of a loss as colder temperatures through the commercial

procedure.) The studies showed that levels of fat on areas of the body where ice
packs were applied, were noticeably lower than other parts of the body. So by simply
strapping on ice-packs to a fatty area like the thighs, stomach or flanks for just 30
minutes to an hour, 3 to 4 times per week, you can help shed that hard-to-lose
stubborn fat.
For those wanting to spot reduce fat on certain areas on their bodies, cold
thermogenesis makes this possible, and can cause a significant difference in body
shape and appearance.

What To Watch Out For

Using ice packs incorrectly can cause skin burns which may vary from mild such as
first degree burns or more severe such as second and third degree burns. One of the
most common ways this can occur is through the application of the ice pack directly
to the skin without a barrier in between, especially of an injured area.
Use a thin layer such as a tee shirt between the skin and ice. You can also try a thin
folded hand towel or a couple layers of paper towels for a few minutes until the skin
adjusts and then remove the layer. Using thick towels or material will keep the ice from
affecting the area decreasing its benefit.
There are certain factors that increase cold induced burn injuries through icing, and
these may include:
People who use medications that decrease the blood flow to the skin such as betablockers.
People with peripheral vascular disease which decrease the blood flow to the
affected tissue.
People with peripheral neuropathy which decreases the ability to feel injuries.
Smoking and diabetes.
Symptoms of Cold Induced Burn Injuries:
Pins and needles sensation followed by tingling and numbness
Redness and pain in the affected skin area
Firm or waxy skin which is white and completely numb
Skin blisters
Treatment of Ice Pack Burn:
You may notice having an ice pack burn if you start developing the signs and
symptoms of cold induced injury such as developing blisters, feel burning, numb,

itchiness and/or pain sensation in the affected area. The color of the affected skin may
turn yellowish-gray. The affected area need to be re-warmed to stop the burn from
becoming severe.
Warming process should be GRADUAL to avoid burning yourself and causing more
damage to the skin.
Soak the burned skin in warm water. The National Institute of Health suggests the
temperature of water to be between 104 and 108 degree Fahrenheit for 20 minutes
(never use hot water).
You can use warm compresses or wrap the area with a blanket.
Avoid massaging or moving the damaged area as this can cause more damage.
Avoid using direct dry heat to warm the affected area such as radiator or hair dryer
as these areas are numb and can burn easily.
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