Ways to deal with cellulite

When it comes to looks and appearance, cellulite is probably one of  the worst issues to deal with. But what is cellulite and why does it affect some people more than others, notably women? And are there any solutions available? Here you might find some answers to this problem.

Cellulite is a build-up of fat around parts of the body that gives the skin an uneven and lumpy appearance. If you pinch  the skin around an area of cellulite you often find it looks like orange peel. It also affects some areas of the body more than others, particularly the legs,  buttocks and hips.

The difficult truth about cellulite is that it is made up of exactly the same kind of fat, or ‘adipose tissue’, as any  other. Adipose tissue is a build-up of cells in the body that store any excess energy in the body as fat. When the  blood is exposed to a high concentration of sugar for a very long time, coming from calories, the body stores this in adipose  tissue.

Adipose tissue finds any available space in the connective tissue in  the skin, resulting in skin looking like orange peel, which is probably the distinctive look everybody knows. Imagine  stretching out a loosely knit sweater across a pat of soft butter. This is roughly what cellulite looks like on your skin; soft butter squeezed through  strands of loosely knitted wool.

It particularly affects women because we put on fat in a totally different way to men. In men, adipose tissue settles more around the waist and abdomen, as well as close to internal organs.  In women, it settles more round thighs and hips, where it becomes more visible in the form of cellulite. With age, connective tissue in the skin becomes looser, resulting in more of adipose tissue  finding a way through to the surface.

But enough of the science – how to get rid of Cellulite?  Using weight is the number one solution, and there  are a couple of options to consider. First, make sure  you take in fewer calories than you use up in energy. Exercise helps, and does more than just use up energy. The metabolic rate in your body will increase with aerobic exercises done regularly,  resulting in using up more energy stored in the body. Exercise also tones up muscles.  Our skin is partly made up of muscle fibers and tightening these up will help cellulite to become less obvious.

Losing weight can also be achieved by making sure your blood sugar levels are stable,  when avoiding eating all those lovely sugary things we like so much. To achieve this, it is best to  stay away from foods containing lots of sugar, French fries, white bread that has been processed, noodles, rice and alcohol.  This is very important because the body doesn’t find it very easy to put on weight if it doesn’t have a lot of sugar in the  blood to trigger the process.

Many people will also use hydrating creams and massage. T hese will have the effect of swelling the skin around the cellulite to temporarily reduce the lumpyness associated with  it. They cannot replace a diet that is low in calories and sugar, and high in vegetable, fruit and  protein intake. Treating cellulite is the same as treating any other fat in the lobby – the only ways to fight it are exercise and diet.