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Dropping the A-Bomb on Your Waistline by Mike Roussell, PhD May 1, 2012April 5, 2021 Tags Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Insulin Sensitivity, Nutrition & Supplements Fat cells are always looked at as the enemy, yet once they were our closest allies. Back in harder times when food was scarce, humans relied upon fat as a trusty backup fuel source. Recently, however, a dark cloud of hate has enshrouded the once beloved fat cell.
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No longer is it seen as a benevolent contingency plan in times of need, but rather an irritating phy...
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No longer is it seen as a benevolent contingency plan in times of need, but rather an irritating physique pariah that just pads our waist line, making us look older and less attractive than we think we are. But what if we could get our fat cells to work for us and not against us?
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What if we could get our fat cells to actually help us burn more fat? Sound like science fiction?
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Lily Watson 8 minutes ago
It isn't. Enter Adiponectin Adiponectin is an adipokine. Adipokines are hormones released exclu...
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Adiponectin is the lean body hormone responsible for: Increasing insulin sensitivity
Increasing calo...
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It isn't. Enter Adiponectin Adiponectin is an adipokine. Adipokines are hormones released exclusively from your fat cell (leptin is probably the most well-known adipokine).
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Adiponectin is the lean body hormone responsible for: Increasing insulin sensitivity
Increasing calorie burning
Curbing appetite
Increasing muscle efficiency Wanna get some more of this stuff? Optimizing your adiponectin levels is actually simple. Here are the first three steps.
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1 Antioxidants Antioxidants have a powerful affect on adipokines, especially adiponectin. Antioxidants primarily act at the mRNA level, increasing the expression of adiponectin genes by your fat cells.
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There are three antioxidants that stand out regarding their ability to increase adiponectin, but as ...
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Raspberry ketones are an antioxidant found in raspberries (and Biotest's Hot-Rox Extreme) that ...
There are three antioxidants that stand out regarding their ability to increase adiponectin, but as with many antioxidants, achieving the greatest effect requires more than just eating a lot of a certain food – you need a concentrated supplement. Raspberry Ketones.
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Raspberry ketones are an antioxidant found in raspberries (and Biotest's Hot-Rox Extreme) that ...
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Cyanidin 3-glucoside. The compound, also known as Indigo-3G, is an antioxidant isolated from blu...
Raspberry ketones are an antioxidant found in raspberries (and Biotest's Hot-Rox Extreme) that has several different actions within a fat cell. When exploring the efficacy of raspberry ketones on weight loss, Korean researchers found that it increases adiponectin expression and secretion. (1) Raspberry ketones also increase the availability of hormone sensitive lipase, which is put in charge of slicing up stored fat so that it can be used for energy.
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Cyanidin 3-glucoside. The compound, also known as Indigo-3G, is an antioxidant isolated from blu...
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I wrote an article on the benefits of curcumin and how it can block fat synthesis while increasing f...
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Cyanidin 3-glucoside. The compound, also known as Indigo-3G, is an antioxidant isolated from blueberries that has a wide range of anti-obesity activity within the fat cell, one of which is increasing adiponectin release and adiponectin gene expression. (3, 4)
Curcumin.
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I wrote an article on the benefits of curcumin and how it can block fat synthesis while increasing f...
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I wrote an article on the benefits of curcumin and how it can block fat synthesis while increasing fat oxidation, and inhibit "the production of the mRNA of key enzymes involved in the storage of fatty acids." What I didn't mention, however, is that curucmin also fights inflammation at the fat cell level while also increasing adiponectin production (not that you needed another reason to take curcumin). (5)
2 Monounsaturated Fats Continually dubbed the 'heart healthy' fat, monounsaturated fats are found in: Avocados
Olive oil
Olives
Macadamia nuts
Peanuts
Sesame oil
Beef Along with being good for your heart, monounsaturated fats are also good for maintaining a lean body.
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Research published in Diabetes Care found that replacing saturated fat with monounsaturated fat (mov...
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Research published in Diabetes Care found that replacing saturated fat with monounsaturated fat (moving saturated fat from 23% to 9% of calories) resulted in increases in fasting adiponectin levels. Furthermore, making the dietary switch to more monounsaturated fats led to a redistribution of body fat away from the abdomen.
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This is amazing considering total calorie intakes remained unchanged! 3 Move More and Get Lean Adiponectin levels in your body are inversely proportional to the amount of body fat you have. This is a classic case of the rich getting richer.
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The leaner you are, the higher your adiponectin levels will be, the more you'll burn fat, and t...
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The leaner you are, the higher your adiponectin levels will be, the more you'll burn fat, and the easier it will be to stay lean. However, if you find yourself in a perpetual dieting offseason and are carrying around more weight than you should, fortunately Mother Nature has given you an out – exercise.
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Exercise increases adiponectin levels (6-9), and it seems that how much correlates to your level of ...
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The key is to move more. When Chris Shugart put together the Velocity Diet, he included a daily walk...
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Exercise increases adiponectin levels (6-9), and it seems that how much correlates to your level of fatness. This is good news – the bigger your fat cells, the greater effect exercise will have on adiponectin, while the leaner you are (and the smaller your fat cells), the lesser of an effect exercise will have on adiponectin. (10) It doesn't seem like type of exercise matters either, so you'll benefit equally from doing intervals compared to weight training compared.
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The key is to move more. When Chris Shugart put together the Velocity Diet, he included a daily walk first thing in the morning (after taking Hot-Rox Extreme, which contains raspberry ketones) as part of the protocol.
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If you do this every day for 28 days, you'll add an extra 28 hours of movement – more...
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If you do this every day for 28 days, you'll add an extra 28 hours of movement – more total movement time than most people do all month! Research also shows us that people who move more have higher levels of adiponectin, so Chris' Hot-Rox Extreme/morning walk combination is a good adiponectin increasing protocol! Lean for Life Truthfully, these tips are pretty straightforward.
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You don't have any excuse not to be maximizing adiponectin levels. Get some antioxidant supplements, move more, eat more monounsaturated fats, and you'll be on the fast track to getting lean for life. References Park KS.
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