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Lipolysis and Fat Loss

Meaning

Lipolysis and Fat Loss describes the direct, essential physiological relationship where the biochemical process of lipolysis, the hydrolysis of stored triglycerides within adipocytes into free fatty acids and glycerol, is the absolutely necessary precursor to the reduction of total body adipose tissue mass. Effective and sustainable fat loss requires not only the initiation of lipolysis to mobilize the fat but also the subsequent sustained oxidation of the released fatty acids for energy in peripheral tissues. This tight coupling is a central principle of effective body composition management.