Scoop on Fat Cells

Excerpt from Men's Health January/February 2012 issue:

Is it true that we can never really get rid of fat cells?
 
Although lipo is the only way to eliminate fat cells, you can shrink them by losing weight.  Think of your fat cells as plastic grocery bags filled with sticks of butter.  You can discard the butter and shrink the bag by watching what you eat and how you exercise.  Sleep is also critical:  Scientists in Canada recently found that dieters lost an extra 1.6 pounds of fat, on average, for each additional hour they slept at night.

*If you overeat or don't burn enough calories through exercise, your fat cells store more fat.  As a result, they grow larger and tell your body to build new cells.
*As your fat cells expand, they become inflamed.  Larger fat cells are also less efficient at releasing fat back into your body to burn as energy.  This may make it more difficult to shed pounds.
*When you lose weight, you draw fat from cells; but they'll never be as small or as efficient at releasing fat as before.