Sentences with phrase «people held onto their fat»

In other words, the sleep deprived people held onto their fat tissue, and instead lost muscle.

Not exact matches

Some people swear that drinking coffee can cause you to hold onto fat — and a 2005 study published in «Psychosomatic Medicine» found that too much caffeine can increase levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that triggers fat storage.

When people try to starve themselves to lose weight, that hormone will only hold onto the stored fat and build up even more.

For example, if an active person were to eat in a calorie - deficit suitable for a very lightly active person, then the body is likely to slow the metabolism and this will result in the body holding onto unwanted fat (or stubborn fat) because it does not think it will receive enough energy to complete daily tasks through food consumption.

To really throw a damn wrench in the works though, people who hold onto body fat (the typical person looking to lose fat) tend to have stronger insulin responses to a given amount of carbohydrates.