Thursday, February 12, 2009

Get Rid Of Man Boobs - Important Background Information

By Frank T. Boatman

How to get rid of man boobs. In this article we will have a look at what man boobs are, and a few of the best ways to get rid of them.

Of course nobody wants to have surgery. It is possible to get rid of man boobs without surgery, but there are a few conditions.

To begin with: Man boobs (or male breasts as some people call them) come in two varieties.

First there is gynecomastia. Typically this condition is something that occurs to young boys who just hit puberty. Because of their dropping testosterone level and their rising estrogen level they can develop man boobs.

So when this is the case, getting rid of man boobs is not about loosing weight. Guys this age are just developing mammary glands, like girls do.

Usually this condition disappears without any intervention, when the boy in question grows older.

The other cause of man boobs is surplus fatty tissue that surrounds a mans chest region. Fortunately, to get rid of man boobs of this type is much easier than loosing glandular tissue that's hardened.

Escess breast tissue that is fatty, will be relatively easy to decrease by your own body. Some ways to do this are by getting more exercise, eating healthier food, and getting a better hormonal profile.

If the man boobs are made up by mammary gland tissue though, it will not be so easy to get rid of. There are two hormones, estrogen and prolactin, responsible for hardening the tissue. Once this has happened it can only be removed by surgery.

In this stage it doesn't matter anymore how hard you work out, how healthy you eat, or what medicine you take to reduce your hormone levels. The tissue will stay the same.

Of course it can be quite difficult to reduce man boobs by loosing weight as well. Your body is not built to reduce fatty tissue in just one place. Especially the chest area is difficult to target, so you will have to loose weight from other areas of your body too.

So although this type of man boob is the easiest to get rid of, you would still have to train pretty hard to get the results you are looking for. And of course healthy food will help you as well. - 17944

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