What is Cellulite?
Cellulite is bumps in the skin made by too many fat cells
growing too large and stretching the natural fiber compartments
which hold the skin to the underlying layers of tissue.
Cellulite is alleged to be a special type of
"fat gone wrong," a combination of fat, water, and
"toxic wastes" that the body has failed to eliminate.
"Cellulite" is not a medical term.
Medical authorities agree that cellulite is simply ordinary
fatty tissue. Strands of fibrous tissue connect the skin to
deeper tissue layers and also separate compartments that contain
fat cells. When fat cells increase in size, these compartments
bulge and produce a waffled appearance of the skin.
The Causes of Cellulite?
Contrary to popular opinion the causes of cellulite are not
simply a matter of weight. Many slim people have cellulite.
But it is a type of fat. It is primarily a female problem
as it is thought that one of the causes is high levels of
the female hormone estrogen. Poor diet, bad circulation, sluggish
digestion,intake of toxins and fluid retention can all also
contribute to cellulite.
Primarily the women who get cellulite are destined from birth
to develop it. It begins to appear in girls around the age
of 14 and increases as we mature when the subcutaneous skin
layer thins and redistributes. Cellulite often forms in postnatal
women and those who take birth control pills because the body's
waste system can't get rid of the enormous flow of oestrogen
in the body. Cellulite can develop after a traumatic injury,
where the circulatory system has been disturbed. A sedentary
lifestyle leads to a hardening of the connective tissue, causing
a dimpling of the skin.
Some of the
causes for developing cellulite are:
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Heredity
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Insufficient water intake. Water
helps the waste system operate, flushing toxins from your
body. Drink 7 glasses of water a day.
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Diet. Poor eating habits including
alcohol, caffeine and spicy foods contribute to the formation
of cellulite because the toxins they produce get trapped
in the fatty tissue.
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Smoking, it is not only bad for the
skin and lungs, but it weakens the skin by causing constriction
of capillaries. It further damages the connective tissue
that causes the dimpling effect of cellulite, too.
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Tension and stress can cause a muscle
to seize up in pain; they can also cause the connective
tissue that covers that muscle to seize up. Tension also
blocks the tissue, preventing proper waste elimination
and purification. ·
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Medication can disturb the body's
natural processes, disturbing the purification system
that is naturally in place. Diet pills, sleeping pills
and diuretics can all lead to cellulite; oral contraceptives,
which increase the body's oestrogen, cause fat cells to
enlarge, leading to water retention. Retaining water inhibits
the body from flushing the system of toxins, leading to
the formation of cellulite.
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Lack of exercise and a sedentary
lifestyle contribute to the formation of cellulite. Exercise
decreases many health risks and also helps fight cellulite.
It improves muscle tone, circulation and overall well-being,
helping to break blocked tissue and purify the body.
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Crash diets increase the risk of
cellulite because the body thinks it's starving and by
attempting to compensate, it assists in cellulite formation.
All saturated fats help build cellulite. These fats block
the arteries and get trapped in the tissue as well, preventing
sufficient waste and toxin elimination.
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