GET UP AND MOVE!

If you want to burn fat, research is showing you need to MOVE! The Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Colombia has found that prolonged periods of sitting reduces lipase, an enzyme in your body that is essential in the process of burning stubborn body fat.

See below for details of the study and how you make sure your body is burning fat all day! THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WITH A DESK JOB - EVEN IF YOU EXERCISE REGULARLY!

~Laura


Source: www.naturalnews.com
Excerpt from: Prolonged Sitting Turns Off Fat-Burning Enzyme
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 by: David Gutierrez

Researchers injected rats and pigs with a small amount of radioactive fat, then traced where that fat went in their bodies. Among animals that were kept stationary, the fat was removed from the blood vessels in the muscles and instead stored in adipose tissue in places such as the kidneys. Unlike fat in the blood vessels of muscles, fat in adipose tissue is not easily burned.

The researchers also found that after animals were kept stationary for several hours, an enzyme called lipase "was suppressed down to 10 percent of normal," according to lead researcher Marc Hamilton. "It's just virtually shut off."

Lipase is critical to the body's ability to split apart and break down fat.

The researchers then followed up with a study on human participants. They found that when humans were sitting, activity of lipase was suppressed. This led to raised levels of HDL ("bad") cholesterol, reduction in metabolism and increased retention of fat.

According to the researchers, the new findings suggest that merely exercising more is not enough to lose weight among people who spend most of their day seated, such as in an office. Nor does using the arms at a computer or video game console provide enough activity to keep lipase active. According to Hamilton, it is essential to actually stand up and move around.