There are five different types of fat found in the body: Structural fat, metabolic fat, Fat-soluble vitamins, Transport fat and storage fat. Other than the storage fat – that is what we need to control and reduce - all others are very much essential to life. Structural fats surround almost every living cell in the body, protecting and reinforcing the cell membrane. Metabolic fat is the fat, which once digested, is converted to hormones and enzymes. These fats maintain the body’s metabolism. Fat-soluble vitamins are contained in our fat intake. These essential vitamins – A, D, E & K may be stored in the liver or the fat tissue. Transport Fats, as the name suggests, transport absorbed fat from intestine to the storage sites through the bloodstream. These are a specific type of fat called Lipoprotein, which is a special form of Cholesterol. There are two of them – LDL and HDL. The LDL is the ‘bad’ guy, delivering Cholesterol to the storage sites in the body and HDL is the ‘good’ guy who collects this deposited Cholesterol and takes it back to the Liver, where it is broken down to produce bile. Last comes the culprit, the storage fat. This fat is meant to supply the body with an abundant source of fuel. It also provides the body with insulation. The specific storage site for fat is in a specific tissue called the adipose tissue, found throughout the body. When there is too much of fat in the diet, it gets stored. This is the type of fat that any fitness program or fat loss program should aim to reduce, since we don’t need an excess of storage fat. Now you know that indiscreet cutting out of fat from your food may not be a good idea at all!
SO, MOVE SCIENTIFICALLY ………
DR SAJITH FRANCIS
Technical & R&D Head , Dhathri abS Clinic
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
For those with flab
Ayurveda, beauty and slimming rolled into one: that is the Dhathri ABS Clinic at Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Kottayam. The centre has doctors, beauty therapists and dieticians to diagnose and treat health, skin and weight problems effectively.
If you walk into the clinic conscious of carrying too much flab, you will first be put through a Body Composition Analysis (BCA) test. It is a fully automated method whereby you are made to stand on the BCA machine, your height and age are punched in and out comes a neat slip denoting accurately your body mass index, your weight and among other things the number of kilos you need to shed. The slimming treatments can be classified broadly into two: weight loss programmes and spot reduction programmes.
Says , chief physiotherapist: “The weight loss programme uses muscle stimulators which enable muscle contractions that aid energy burnout from excess fat. Exercises and workouts are also prescribed, taking into account the activity levels of each individual.”
A session normally lasts for around 45 minutes to an hour and a half. It takes around seven to 10 days to lose a kilogram of fat. A programme to lose five kilograms is priced at Rs. 7,000. Spot reduction programmes concentrate on reducing fat that accumulates at a particular part of the body and for most of us it is the tummy.
Spot reduction programmes use the vacuum therapy that has a suctioning effect. A forty five-minute session priced at Rs. 1,600 could help one lose up to half an inch.
Both programmes use a mix of machines and massage treatments along with diet control. Says Geena, dietician, “Diets are all customised. We look at the normal diet of a person and modify it to make it wholesome and this is the reason a person is able to maintain the diet.” A counsellor holds sessions on diet control and also gives special attention to people with disorders such as depression. Dhathri recognises the fact that each person is unique and requires customized care. The tag line of Dhathri aptly says, “Get rid of excess weight and discover the beauty in you.” An irresistible tag line!
If you walk into the clinic conscious of carrying too much flab, you will first be put through a Body Composition Analysis (BCA) test. It is a fully automated method whereby you are made to stand on the BCA machine, your height and age are punched in and out comes a neat slip denoting accurately your body mass index, your weight and among other things the number of kilos you need to shed. The slimming treatments can be classified broadly into two: weight loss programmes and spot reduction programmes.
Says , chief physiotherapist: “The weight loss programme uses muscle stimulators which enable muscle contractions that aid energy burnout from excess fat. Exercises and workouts are also prescribed, taking into account the activity levels of each individual.”
A session normally lasts for around 45 minutes to an hour and a half. It takes around seven to 10 days to lose a kilogram of fat. A programme to lose five kilograms is priced at Rs. 7,000. Spot reduction programmes concentrate on reducing fat that accumulates at a particular part of the body and for most of us it is the tummy.
Spot reduction programmes use the vacuum therapy that has a suctioning effect. A forty five-minute session priced at Rs. 1,600 could help one lose up to half an inch.
Both programmes use a mix of machines and massage treatments along with diet control. Says Geena, dietician, “Diets are all customised. We look at the normal diet of a person and modify it to make it wholesome and this is the reason a person is able to maintain the diet.” A counsellor holds sessions on diet control and also gives special attention to people with disorders such as depression. Dhathri recognises the fact that each person is unique and requires customized care. The tag line of Dhathri aptly says, “Get rid of excess weight and discover the beauty in you.” An irresistible tag line!
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