When You lose weight where does it go?
Have you ever wondered where the fat (weight) goes when you lose a few pounds? Is it transformed into energy or heat? In muscle? Is it passed through stool or urine? Does he disappear miraculously as if by magic?
Like many, I thought the super obvious answer #not
A scientist asked himself the question. The answer will surprise you!
mass and energy
If you are one of those (like me) who hypothesized that fat disappears as heat and energy: mistake! According to statistics, this is the most popular theory among those who took a biochemistry course in college. We were told so often: “energy in-energy out” in this class, our brain ended up holding it well!
According to the researchers, the fat must rather respect the relation E = mc² of Albert Einstein. E = mc 2 expresses the equivalence between mass AND energy. In this case, mass is the amount of fat lost and the energy contained in the fat. To lose weight, it would therefore be necessary to release all this energy, that is to say as much as during the explosion of an atomic bomb. You follow me?
atoms, molecules and air
In order to understand where our fat is going, we must understand what fat is. Chemically, it is a molecule composed simply of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms: C 55 H 104 O 6 . When this molecule is broken down to eliminate it, the fat leaves the body through the lungs in the form of CO 2.
Fat + O 2 → CO 2 + H 2 O
The other small part of the fat is excreted as water (H 2 O) in the stool, urine, sweat, breath, tears and other body fluids.
breathing, the miracle solution to lose weight?
And now, does it give us the silver bullet to lose weight? We could easily believe that it is enough to breathe faster ... Unfortunately, if we voluntarily decide to speed up our breathing, we simply risk hyperventilating and not feeling well at all.
To get more CO 2 out , all you need to do is increase your oxygen (O 2 ) needs. The trick: exercise!
Physical activity is therefore a great way to lose weight, but it was no secret!
"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed"
