Estrogen and fat loss

[Ivanko]

Does high estrogen inhibit fat loss when dieting? I know it's responsible for female pattern fat distribution, holding water and what not. But if your in a calorie deficit will it prevent you from loosing fat as normal?

 

[617ricky]

I would imagine so.. It's gonna signal your body to hold extra fat and you'd probably lose muscle 1st.

 

[vadim_b1]

nope it will not signal anything

only thing that might happen is you will lose fat from the upper body easier.

 

[617ricky]

How would you lose fat from the upper body easier if you had high estrogen? I thought it was fact that high estrogen in a man signals body fat formation amongst other things.

 

[vadim_b1]

look where women preferentially store bf and where men store theirs.

in women its usually thighs and butt and men store their fat in the stomach

this is due to estrogen and androgen promoted fat storage patterns.

when your calories are below maintenance, and your diet is on point, you will lose fat regardless of if you have high estro or not, only thing that estro will influence is where the body will hold onto its bodyfat more.

 

[jdchaffin]

look where women preferentially store bf and where men store theirs.

in women its usually thighs and butt and men store their fat in the stomach

this is due to estrogen and androgen promoted fat storage patterns.

when your calories are below maintenance, and your diet is on point, you will lose fat regardless of if you have high estro or not, only thing that estro will influence is where the body will hold onto its bodyfat more.

I know that in women the estrogen receptors in adipose tissue are more predominant in the hip and thigh regions, but does this hold true for men as well?