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I think this is making things too complicated with the water calculations, namely the 1:1 ratio. Adipose tissue is almost completely fat, which in turn is hydro
by QSIITurbo 10y ago
I think this is making things too complicated with the water calculations, namely the 1:1 ratio. Adipose tissue is almost completely fat, which in turn is hydrophobic. See the picture on this wikipedia page for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocyte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipocyte. The excess fluid (if any relevant amount exists in the body at the beginning of the diet) is lost fast (days) and early in the course of diest and the key is to have a constant, relatively slow (2-4 kgs / month) weight loss.
- snarf21 10y agoI'll need to redo some reading but I was under the impression that the TG (Triglyceride) which make up 90% of the Adipocyte require a gram of water for each gram of TG. I see some things that indicate the same thing online but it is less clear.
- QSIITurbo 10y agoThis is not true. 50% is too much even if you take into account the whole fat tissue (which is not what you lose when losing weight) and even there for extremely lean subjects with very little fat in the adipose cells. (Maybe anorectic / cacectic subjects are different in this regard for whole-body-average). You've probably read the conclusions of a confused self-taught "expert" who is making hypotheses based on exaggerated figures of water in fat _tissue_ vs. the fat that is lost when losing weight. As an interesting sidenote: fat people have relatively a lot less water in their fat tissue than lean people. You can also think about the fact that when you drop triglycerides in water, it will not solute at all. Also, human body creates fatty membranes (cell walls) to absolutely _prevent_ the influx / efflux of water.