Cream

What is cellulite? Of course most members of the fairer sex know that cellulite is the cause of the orange peel looking skin covering our bums, the cottage cheese appearance of our thighs and the lumps and bumps adorning our ripply hips.

The term cellulite was graciously introduced to us by the cosmetics industry during the 1970s, after which countless products were marketed as anti cellulite remedies. Women all over the world wanted to know how to get rid of cellulite and that remains the same today. In the last 40 years women have spent billions of dollars on useless cellulite creams, lotions and treatments. There are countless products popping up all the time, including everything from special loofah sponges and anti cellulite vitamins to body wraps, spa treatments and cellulite massage.

Cellulite is a very common and very normal accumulation of fat. Contrary to what the saleswoman at the cosmetics counter may tell you, it poses no health risk, it is not toxic to your system and it is not at all unnatural. In fact about 98% of all post pubescent females experience the frustration of the ripply layers.

In this part, we'll look at myths surrounding bad cholesterol, eggs, dairy products and sun-blocks.
 

Bad cholesterol is the cause of heart disease.

The TRUTH: Like fats, cholesterol may be damaged by exposure to heat, oxygen and free radicals. Both good and bad cholesterol are not immune to such exposure.

Free radicals are what's in the air and around food, that causes this oxidization; free radicals cause your freshly-cut apples to go brown (an obvious sign of oxidization). The free radicals make dairy products more "sticky" and tend to stick to the walls of arteries.  This sticky stuff is known as 'plaque'. You can see the plaque stuck in diseased hearts from post mortem-ed bodies of heart attack victims (my uncle was one, he was just 41 when he passed away and he ate a lot of meat in his heydays). 

The plaque found in diseased arteries and hearts can range from yellow to white - exactly the same colours of those found in cheese and milk (read more below!)

The oxidization of cholesterol (fats) is what contributes to the pathological buildup of plaque in the arteries. It's not whether good or bad cholesterol; it's whether the fat is oxidized.