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The United States seems to have a problem. Our country is getting larger by the day, and the reasons are unclear. The most commonly given reasons are the readily available fast foods that are no good, and a lack of exercise. Modern conveniences are great to save time, but they are also saving us from moving around. As a result, we spend more and more time in the same spot, leaving our waistlines to expand. Losing weight is not easy, and anyone who says it is has never had to do it.
There are so many ways to do it, and there are also some conflicting ideas on what are the best ways. Many people turn to fat burning pills to lose weight, but is this something they should be doing? Fat burning pills are everywhere. There are always advertisements on television promising fast weight loss from a fat burning pill, and if you look at your junk mail in your inbox, you probably will find even more. The problem is that these fat burning pills are dangerous, yet most people don't know it, and the companies that make them aren't talking.
Ephedra was once the most popular of fat burning pills. I used it at one point, and I have to tell you, they scared me enough where I stopped using them after a week. I felt like I was disconnected from my body, and I had the jitters. My heart was often racing, but I wasn't actually motivated to move. In fact, I felt so strange while taking these so-called fat burning pills, I found myself not wanting to move for fear of flipping out. It had a strange effect on my mind, and I just couldn't handle it. About a year after that, I heard Ephedra was pulled from the stores shelves and labeled as dangerous. Whew, close call.
When it comes to your health, it is important to maintain a proper weight, but using fat burning pills is not the answer. As things stand right now, nothing is better than a good diet and a moderate exercise program. There is no short cut. Fat burning pills may seem like a grand idea, but they just don't work. You are more likely to have medical complications from fat burning pills than you are to see good weight loss results. There is no fast and easy solution; even gastric bypass is not an easy and fast route. Hard work will get you what you need, and this is accomplished without the dangers of fat burning pills.
Have you ever noticed that when you first start a new diet, the pounds seem to literally just start melting away? But soon, you start to notice that as time passes, the results start petering out.
You're not alone - this is a built in mechanism of the body's energy processing system. And unless you can find a way to interrupt or alter this process, you'll constantly find yourself facing this same dismal plateau in your pound shedding process.
Here's why it happens:
Your body likes to get "comfortable" - it's not a big fan of change. Despite your best intentions, your body is stubbornly stuck on functioning at a specific amount of body fat, which is known as your "set point".
Once you start melting the fat away, your body starts cutting down the concentration of your fat-burning enzymes, and starts cranking up the enzymes that encourage fat storage. Enzyme shifts like this can be as big of a problem as hormonal and other chemical changes. In this case, it's your fat-burning capabilities that get caught in the cross-fire.
If you want to accelerate weight loss, you've got to interrupt this natural inclination to start warehousing your fat stores.
There are two primary ways to confront this issue. First, you could opt for a weight loss supplement that boosts the release of fatty acids in the hopes that your body will burn them as a fuel source. However, there's no sense in cranking out more fatty acids if there's no way for your body to oxidize (burn) them.
The other option is to control the actual enzyme activity in such a way that it prompts fat oxidation, instead of ushering in a mad grab to store the flab.
If you can unlock this potential, the pounds will start shedding - but more will happen as well.
Believe it or not, the secret is as simple as a seed.
Sesame Seed Secrets
Sesame seeds contain what's known as a lignan that's called sesamin. It has a special ability that's worth your attention - especially if you're trying to lose weight.
Not only does sesamin promote fat oxidation, it also increases your body's capacity to do it while at the same time whittling away at your fat stores.
The secret of sesamin is its relationship with a special receptor known as Peroxisome Proliferation Activator Receptor Alpha (PPARalpha). It binds to, and then activates, the PPARalpha, and it can be found naturally in your:
Muscles
Your liver
Your kidneys and
Your heart.
It's assignment is to regulate your lipid (fat) metabolism - with a focus on the genes involved in fatty acid beta-oxidation and something known as lypogenesis.
The Mystery at the Molecular Level Sesamin works at the molecular level by increasing fat oxidation in your mitochondria (your cellular powerhouses) and the peroxisomes - the majority of this going on in your skeletal muscles and your liver. It does this by upping the instance of the specific enzymes needed for the fat burning mode to kick in:
CPT - a rate-limiting enzyme in the burning (beta-oxidation) of fatty acids, and is found in the outer membrane of the mitochondria, where it binds to and escorts the fatty acids inside. More CPT means more fat-burning can occur.
UCP - these are "uncoupling proteins" and they decrease the energy efficiency of your mitochondria. Think of it like a car - the less efficient the engine is, the more fuel is needed to make it from Point A to Point B. In your powerhouse, it means more calories are needed to perform every day tasks. This phenomenon known as "calorie wasting", and it's a key component to high-impact weight loss.
By increasing these key enzymes, sesamin increases both the speed and the total capacity with which cells are able to burn fat.
In the meantime, sesamin is also going to work at burning fat on the hormonal level as well. It does this by influencing leptin levels and has been shown in documented studies to actually restore insulin sensitivity in overweight lab rodents.
This could prove beneficial not only for those who are overweight, but diabetics as well. Behind the scenes, sesamin works to regulate your leptin and insulin levels, keeping them at an ideal balance.
Emptying the Reserves... The influence of sesamin isn't just felt in fat oxidation, but fat storage as well. It's known as lipogenesis, and sesamin decreases fat storage by limiting the number of lipogenic enzymes present in your liver.
It works by decreasing:
Sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1)
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and
The fatty acid "synthase"
Sesamin also plays an important role in ketogenesis. After fatty acid oxidation reaches a critical mass where the liver can't use the fatty acids for fuel, ketogenesis kicks in. All of the extra acetyl-CoA gets transformed into ketones, which increase in your liver and in your bloodstream.
Guess what organ relies heavily on ketones? Your brain!
And guess when they're critically needed? During low-card/high-protein diets. Usually, you'd get what you need from glucose. But when glucose is limited, ketones are the next fuel source it turns to.
More importantly, getting a ketone boost helps spare you from your protein getting devoured and keeps you from melting muscle instead of fat.
How Many Seeds Do You Need? Unfortunately, sesame seeds and sesame oil just don't have enough sesamin to get the job done. You'll have to invest in a high-quality supplement to get the levels you need. However, when you take a look at just a few of the other benefits you can take advantage of; you'll likely agree that sesamin supplements are a worthwhile investment. Here are just a few to ponder as you head off...
It's a powerful antioxidant and helps the recycling of Vitamin E
It helps increase good (HDL) and lower bad (LDL) cholesterol levels
Sesamin helps you to lower your blood pressure
It can offer protection against alcohol for your liver
It can help improve overall liver and kidney health and function
Sesamin has no stimulant properties, and
It can serve as an anti-inflammatory much like Ibuprofen.
I'm hardly going out on a limb when I say it's worth a little attention!
