Cellulite is a poor distribution of adipose tissue. It is a mass of fat cells in the deeper layers of the skin whose storage capacities are saturated. Toxins build up and create inflammation in the effected areas. Cellulite is often found in areas such as the thighs, buttocks and hips.
Generally the skin texture is padded often called orange peel, characteristic of the presence of cellulite. The particularity of cellulite is that it can also appear on women whose body fat is less than 20%.
Cellulite is an unsightly condition that affects about 90% of women and 5% of men. What is observed outside is only the reflection of internal disorders.
Adipose cellulite
It is due to a too rich diet and a lack of sporting activity.
The fibrous cellulite
It is due to a loss of collagen fibers surrounding adipocytes. This cellulite is hard to the touch and appears most often after the age of fifty.
Vascular or aqueous cellulite
It is due to poor blood circulation in the lower extremities of the body and a lack of sporting activity.
The method StopCellu will start with a detox program to unclog your body and purify it to start on a healthy basis.
Regularly throughout the method, nutritional guides and dietary advice will be provided. All accompanied with recipes to lose weight, tone your body, promote blood and lymphatic circulation.
To strengthen your muscles, firm body tissue, remove the fat and eliminate cellulite, you will have exercises explained in video to complete which are accompanied by practical sheets detailing the movements to be performed.
Finally a series of massages and scrubs are explained in detail in order to restore elasticity to your skin and soften your epidermis.
Hormones
Progesterone and estrogen promotes the storage of fat and act on the veins and blood vessels in distending their parietes.
Skin structure
The fat cells accumulate in the subcutaneous tissue and form dimpling, most visible in women because of thinner skin.
Heredity
If your mother is prone to cellulite or circulation problems you are willing to have cellulite too.
Blood and lymph circulation disorders
They cause poor drainage of water and toxins that accumulate in the tissues giving the « orange peel » appearance.
Eating
Bad eating habits, excess and deprivation cause digestive problems and disrupt the cellular exchange.
Digestive disorders
Digestive disorders like constipation promotes cellulite by compression of blood and lymphatics vessels.
Sedentary lifestyle
Without physical activity we foster venous and lymphatic stasis and fat production.
The bad postural habits
Prolonged sitting blocks the lymphatic circulation in the legs.
Alcohol and smoking
The sugar in alcohol congested tissues.
Tobacco is harmful to tissue oxygenation, blood vessels and is cause of water retention.
Taking oral contraceptives
They contain progestin and estrogen, two hormones which cause cellulite and accentuate poor venous circulation.
some medications
Corticosteroids, antihistamines, antihypertensives, antidepressants favor the appearance of cellulite by disrupting the hormonal system.
The stress
By favoring the secretion of cortisol which causes fat storage, stress generates the installation of cellulite.
Footwear and clothing
Very high heels and tight clothes are barriers to lymphatic and blood circulation.
Some foods
Sugar tends to retain water in the tissues.
The salt which it is worse than sugar.
Coffee and its diuretic effect promotes dehydration which fixes the sodium in the kidneys.
Non-farm animal proteins are true saturated fat reservoirs.
White flour promotes intestinal laziness and water retention.
