Healthy Dieting

The structure of cellulite tissue differs considerably in structure and chemical composition from normal fat. It also tends to develop in stages:

Normal Flesh — Skin on your thighs and buttocks is smooth when you are standing or lying down. When pinched it folds and furrows but does not pit or bulge. This is the normal skin of most lean and very healthy men and women.

Stage 1 — Your skin is still smooth when you are standing or lying down but a pinch test reveals the mattress phenomenon of bulging and pitting. Some deformation of the skin surface has taken place. There are signs of waterlogging — interstitial oedema, structural dissociation and the beginnings of tissue dystrophy. Your skin has begun to look pasty. Tissue examination reveals the development of hard fibres in connective tissue.

Stage 2 — Your skin is smooth when you are lying down but when standing it shows signs of pitting and bulging. (This is common in women who are overweight or past the age of 35). Deep palpitation of your skin produces a dull pain. You cannot detect specific nodules to the touch but micronodules will be seen in tissue examination.

Stage 3 — The mattress phenomenon is apparentwhether you are sitting or lying down. Your flesh is painful — sometimes even when not touched — and macronodules or what is known as hypodermic plaque will be seen whether or not there is a lot of oedema or water retention present. Histological examination will show that nodules are encapsulated in hardened or sclerotic connective tissue. This stage is very common after menopause or when a woman is seriously overweight.

So much for the scientific low down on cellulite, all of which is useful to fall back on next time somebody tries to tell you those lumps and bumps that you worry about are all in your mind or suggest they will disappear in a jiffy on a 900 calorie diet. But the important question for any woman with lumpy flesh is, ‘What am I going to do about it?’ That is where a total shift in body ecology comes in. And I mean total. You can spend as much money as you like and go through as much agony as you like being stuck and prodded and wrapped in special packages but unless you go the whole body approach you will be wasting your money. Cellulite Revolution starts with The Breakdown — a detoxification plan as the first step towards a new body ecology. It can prepare the way for an easy-to-follow way of eating that can minimize the buildup of wastes in your cells and help rebalance body ecology as long as you continue to follow it.

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