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Atomic Meltdown™
During the ages of the past, people always tried to make themselves physically appear luxurious and wealthy. Whether bathed and perfumed, soft and chubby, or skin pale and sheltered from the sun – opulence often accompanied being away from the dirt, sun, and physical necessity of work and the resultant hardenened musculature. Ghostly white skin was one of the main indicators of being wealthy, as there were no long hours spent toiling in the sun.
Later on, as the Industrial Revolution took hold and people wound up working long hours in factories (and later offices), the wealthy began showing off tanned skin, indicating that they had the time and money to vacation in far off destinations and lounge around in the rays, while the huddled masses became whitened from being inside all the time growing pale and, due to automation, soft.
How times and technologies change. Now gyms and tanning centers, used smartly, offer up the best of both worlds. Plebes are now able to, if intelligently planned, have their bodies beautiful, lean, and strong while also having that bronzed tone.
Spare time, however, is still a major limiting factor. Industries specialize in creating products that will maximize results with minimal time. Flawless Skin Couture™ stands out as the premiere research based company dedicated to helping you create the ideal physical body with the least amount of effort….and we now present Atomic Meltdown™– the world’s first fat burning tanning accelerator fully researched to help you achieve the lean, hard, tanned look so desired.
The human body is full of specialized cells that have evolved to function perfectly to help the body survive. Color-sensing cells in the eyes react to various wavelengths of light and send appropriate signals through the optic nerve to differentiate colors (such as bright colors of venomous creatures). Adipocytes (fat cells) store energy for when food isn’t readily available (such as Winter).
In the skin, specialized cells called Melanocytes react to heat and ultraviolet wavelengths and proceed to manufacture Melanin (a process called Melanogenesis), a dark pigment that then protects the skin during subsequent UV exposure, offering protection from burns and cancer. These cells are used to reacting to external natural stimuli, but much like the cells of the rest of the body, they can be chemically activated to perform in an accelerated manner. In the case of our formula, Atomic Meltdown stimulates melanocytes to hyper-produce melanin in response to the external stimuli of UV exposure, whether through natural sunlight or UV tanning beds. This reduces the time it takes to develop that beautiful, and protective, bronze coloring in our skin.
Before we proceed, let’s just cover something essential. Enzymes.
Enzymes
Enzymes react with chemicals in our body to cause rapid changes an convert them, usually, into more potent metabolites. In the case of melanin, which is related to dopamine, the enzyme the body uses is called Tyrosinase (if you’re looking at a funny science word and it ends in “ase” then it is usually an enzyme. For example, Sucrase breaks down the sugar Sucrose. Another, Lactase is the enzyme that is missing in Lactose Intolerant individuals – and Lactase breaks down Lactose.
Well, Tyrosinase changes the amino acid Tyrosine to form metabolites that eventually become both Melanin and the neurotransitter Dopamine. They are all related, as sun exposure increases Dopamine formation and makes us feel good. Anyway, to proceed….
Lipolysis
Lipolysis is a process of stimulating fat cells (though hormonal and adrenergic signals) to release their fatty acid contents into the bloodstream. They then circulate and are burned depending on our metabolic demand. Normally during exercise (and survival situations like hunting, fighting, and/or running away) the adrenaline release causes the fat cells in the entire body to release fat to be used as fuel. A whole host of factors determines how much fat is released from which areas of the body. In a survival situation, I don’t think we much care where it comes from. But, here we are – basking in the sun and showing off our fitness for potential mates (or existing mates) or to intimidate rivals. We very much DO care where we show off excess fat deposits.
In males, we tend to hold our excess fat around the midsection, especially around the flanks (love handles). Women – well, girls, you tend to hold fat around the hip/thigh/butt area. Before we go further, let’s do a VERY quick and easy primer. Adrenaline and Nor-adrenaline are the two hormones that begin the process of lipolysis. Referencing the easiest way to explain it, though not pedantically accurate, we tend to use a lock and key model. For adrenaline/nor-adrenaline, we have the hormone (key) and then we have the receptor contained usually on the surface of the cells (lock). When our lipolytic hormones are released, they activate the fat cells to release fat. Except it’s not entirely that simple. Nature knows only cycles of feast and famine. Every single calorie is highest priority to hang on to, and keeping as much of that fat as we can, much to our chagrin. If an adrenaline dump was started, with no way to stop it, we would burn our entire store of fat the first time we heard a loud noise and would soon have nothing left to run on.
The standard receptor for adrenaline-induced lipolysis is the B2 receptor. Activation of this receptor works the magic we want. But there’s a bad guy there too. This bad guy has an equal, if not higher, affinity for our sweet adrenaline. This is the A2 receptor. The catch is that when adrenaline hits the A2 receptor, it sends out a STOP signal for both adrenaline release and lipolysis. Sucks, right?
Remember the gender-specific fat storage types we covered? Well, a lot of that is determined by receptor density. The more A2 receptors in any given area, the more resistant it is to fat release. Turns out that men have a high density of A2 receptors in the love handles, and women in the hip/thigh/butt region. There are genetic differences, of course, and other factors such as sex hormones (estrogen), and Cortisol, which can modify storage patterns – but it’s mostly the competition of B2 and A2 receptors.
With that in mind, how do we then control where the body releases fat in this process of Lipolysis?
The body has evolved to react to environmental as well as internal signals in order to survive. It uses electrochemical signals to activate and/or deactivate cellular responses. The easiest one to explain is the TRPV1 receptor (which will also be covered in the ingredient section). The TRPV1 receptor (Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1) reacts to noxious chemicals and high heat (usually hot enough to burn). This protects us from injury by signaling pain as well as a rapid healing response. Well, it turns out that this receptor can also be “tricked”. Eating hot peppers, for example, releases a chemical called Capsaicin. This activates the TRPV1 receptor creating a sensation of burning. However, your mouth and tongue are not REALLY burning, your body just thinks they are and responds accordingly. Hopefully that makes sense while we get into what you came for.
Melanocytes react to sunlight/UV radiation and the heat created by making Melanin to darken our skin. Well, it turns out we have a whole bunch of natural compounds which, when when applied to the skin, amplify the melanin response which causes the melanocytes to work harder. The result is a darker tan achieved much more quickly. Luckily for us, lipolysis uses some of those very same signals – so while we are getting our tan on, we are also causing the body to preferentially release fat from the areas that Atomic Meltdown is applied. Sounds too good to be true? Well, be ready to be dazzled.
If this writeup could have a sign posted right at this very spot, it would say DANGER: QUICKSAND. Here is where we try to explain things scientifically without getting you into a place where you are pulled under by the complexity of it all. It's probably easier if we start with the overall concept, then go down, ingredient by ingredient, to understand it...hopefully.
