What is the the difference between estrogenic fat & reg. fat?

[orca]

Someone said estrogenic fat, upper arm fat, thigh and butt fat.
What is the difference between this fat and regular fat. What is the cause of estrogenic fat?

 

[AngMc]

I think estro fat accumulates around the tummy. Is seen more in post-meno women and lucky ladies like myself on BC pills. I could also be very wrong...Ang

 

[orca]

If birth control is the source of this fat what can be done to stop the fat, is it just the pill or any kind of birth control?

 

[AngMc]

No, for me it has been higher dose pills. I need to be on them for monthly pain, and so I have tried a few. The higher the estrogen the more likely I am to gain a few pounds of weight. This is sometimes just water. Although with long term use you may become estrogen dominant and start to gain fat to store the excess......Ang

 

[MS]

NO

Estrogenic fat is exactly the opposite of what you see in postmenopausal women. Estrogenic fat means fat that is almost impossible to lose as long as estrogen levels are high. Basically thighs. hips and butt fat in women. Abdominal fat is related more to insulin resistance or low estrogen levels.

It should be obvious then that you will struggle to lose thigh, hip and butt fat while taking estrogen based contraceptives. Even without contraceptives you will find it hard to lose this fat until either 1) your estrogen levels drop due to dieting to low BF levels or menopause, or 2) you find a way to block some of estrogen's actions in estrogen sensitive fat. This is the rational for using drugs such as yohimbine which has been shown to block estrogen's ability to stop fat loss. Estrogen probably does not cause the fat gain, but it stops you from losing it once you've got the fat.

If you are having probs with fat gain around your stomach, then you need to look hard at your diet and exercise program. This type of fat gain is not "normal" or "healthy" for women (or men), but can almost always be fixed with lifestyle changes.

 

[wilson6]

Estrogen partitions food toward fat to some degree, androgens toward muscle.

Overall, hormones are more responsible with where fat is deposited when caloric intake exceeds expenditure, and how hard is it to get rid of specific fat depots than total fat per se.

W6