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Healthy Body Fat Percentages for Women
Did you know that the healthy body fat percentages for women can change? Women have more body fat than men do. On average, women have about five percent more body fat. The reason for that is based on genetics. The female body is genetically designed to protect her and her potential fetus.
It is a Gender Thing
Chemically, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. In addition, the estrogen that women have activates fat storing enzymes and causes them to easily multiply.
It is a Water Thing
Because of their menstrual cycles, women experience more changes in water levels than men. Retaining fluid may also cause a woman's weight to fluctuate daily during this period which can cause variation in the body fat percentage. It is important to remember that the healthy body fat percentages for women can change due to many things.
Women who use certain drugs should be aware of their natural monthly body cycles and how the drugs may affect them. A good way to establish a baseline for monitoring body fat is to chart their readings every day for a month. Afterward, monitoring at regular intervals can help identify monthly fluctuations.
Females should also understand that hormonal changes due to pregnancy or menopause may also cause water retention and variations in measuring.
Monitoring Tips
To successfully monitor your progress, you should remember to compare your weight and body fat percentage measurements under the same conditions over a period of time.
Pay attention to fluctuations caused by menstruation. It is important that females use the healthy body fat percentages for women and not those for men. There is a difference.
Too Much Body Fat
It has become a medical fact that obesity can be a serious health threat for women at every stage of life. Some of the health issues facing obese women include such things as increased incidence of breast cancer after menopause, particularly for women taking hormone replacement therapy, higher than average rates of endometrial cancer, various birth defects, obstetric and gynecological complications, and possible infertility.
Too Little Body Fat
On the other side, it is possible to have too little body fat. This is most often seen in female athletes and it can cause a decrease in hormones. The same condition can occur when a woman is anorexic and her body goes into a semi-starvation mode. Over an extended period of time, this can lead to other health risks such as the loss of bone mass or osteoporosis.
For these reasons and many more, it is important to stay within the healthy body fat percentages for women.
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