How Skinny Fat Affects Regular Fat Weight Loss and Gain (Being Overweight and Obese)

The global obesity epidemic (1, 2) is raging out of control and forecast to get worse (3, 4). We know that diet, exercise, and lifestyle are main variables in understanding why. But, what is less understood is unique genetic body composition — muscle/mass, regular white/yellow fat, and skinny fat (thin fat, cellulite), no less. How skinny fat affects regular fat weight loss and gain directly influences being overweight or obese.

People experiencing skinny fat tissue where genetically they should have muscle mass are more prone to being overweight or obese. This is because regular fat tissue and skinny fat tissue burn fewer calories (5) at rest or when active than muscle tissue. Skinny fat and regular fat only burn an estimated 2-3 calories per pound per day, whereas muscle burns an estimated 6 calories per day per pound (5). The more genetic skinny fat tissue a person has, the more diligent they will have to be throughout their life with their diet, exercise, and lifestyle to keep being overweight or obese at bay.

How Skinny Fat Affects Regular Fat Weight Loss and Gain – The Source of Being Overweight and Obese

The typical Western Standard America Diet (6, 7, 8) is no help. Full of fast, junk, and processed foods, the Standard America Diet (SAD) is refined carbohydrates (sugar and starch), poor-quality fats, and low-quality protein that lacks proper nutrients while being loaded with chemicals. It is estimated that 60% of the average daily American diet consists of fast, junk, and processed food (9, 10, 11, 12). While roughly 40% of adults (13) and 20% of children/adolescents (14) are obese (BMI 30+).

Yet, Congress does nothing but pander to the lobbyists controlled by the companies perpetrating the transgressions. The fox is literally watching over the henhouse. Even more disconcerting, the food is specifically engineered to be this way so that it tastes delicious going down but fails to satiate and give the body the nutrients it requires.

The person experiences consistent blood sugar (glucose) spikes (15, 16, 17) followed by a crash, which invites insulin resistance and diabetes, eventually leading to being overweight and obese. Nutrient deficiency forces the body to crave more food, so the person is inclined to eat more and more. Which is intended to increase profits. The same companies that are destroying our health also control the “healthcare” drug companies (which cure and prevent nothing), ensuring that the profit loop is perpetual and complete (18, 19, 20).

Unique Genetic Body Composition – How Skinny Fat Affects Regular Fat Weight Loss and Gain

If you are genetically blessed with a Standard Body Type One (BT1) with all 600+ muscle developed, then you have a high metabolism because of all that muscle/mass, and the more calories you burn naturally (genetically). If you are further genetically blessed with the ALK Skinny Gene (21, 22, 23, 24), then you can eat whatever you want and not worry about gaining any regular white/yellow fat weight. Especially the younger you are.

However, the more skinny fat you have on your body, the slower your metabolism and the harder it will be to keep the excess regular fat off and avoid being overweight or obese. As well, the more regular fat that you have, the slower your metabolism. The slower your metabolism, the fewer calories you burn. And, the more likely it is that your unique body is less tolerant of garbage fast, junk, and processed foods full of empty-calorie and low-quality calorie garbage.

A Calorie Is Not A Calorie – The Best Skinny Fat Diet

A calorie is not a calorie (25, 26, 27, 28, 29); food type and quality matter. Although a safe calorie deficit is possible, calorie deficit and counting calories are not (30, 31, 32, 33) the best way to lose, manage, and maintain regular fat weight. A properly executed low-carb diet is the best scientific diet for most people to manage skinny fat.

For acute regular fat weight loss, eat 37 grams (31) of mostly fiber-focused carbs in relation to clean, high-quality calorie whole foods, including high-quality protein and high-quality fat. You can add cardio and resistance exercises to speed things up. Once you safely lose the regular fat weight, eat 50 to 150 grams of carbs per day, focusing on clean, whole foods and fiber carbs. Keep sugar carbs and starch carbs to a minimum.

Scientific Health Quizzes – Determine Skinny Fat (Genetic Body Composition)

Determining if you have skinny fat, where on your body, what types, and what you can do about it can be a tricky thing to figure out. Which is why we developed the Scientific Health Quizzes including the Scientific Body Type Quiz (Official), Scientific Metabolism Quiz Health Score, Scientific Diet Quiz Health Score, Scientific Exercise Quiz Health Score, and Scientific Lifestyle Quiz Health Score.

Each Quiz utilizes the latest scientific data, evidence, and facts in a proprietary algorithm to accurately calculate your unique metrics so you can understand your unique genetic body composition (and shape) along with your specific metabolism, diet, exercise, and lifestyle.

How the Skinny Fat Crisis Affects The Global Obesity Epidemic

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