In addition to helping you lose weight, soluble fiber may help you lose your belly fat, especially the dangerous visceral abdominal fat that
wraps around your internal organs.
What is scary about the belly fat is that this is known as visceral fat (the fat that
collects around your internal organs and midsection), and we now know that this is a main contributing influence to increasing diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Visceral fat builds up between and
around internal organs such as the stomach and intestines, and produces toxins that make the body resistant to insulin.
Fat located deep in the
abdomen around the internal organs may be more dangerous than subcutaneous fat, which is located just under the skin, and peripheral fat found in places like the hips and thighs.
Animal fat will come from small animals such as rabbits who store their fat
around internal organs rather than in the meat or under the skin, and chickens, who store their fat under the skin.
Having excess timber around the middle is proven to be the worst kind of fat in terms of health, because this fat also makes its
way around the internal organs (visceral fat) and causes all sorts of damage and problems.
A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK — a partnership between Leicester's Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University — has found new evidence to suggest that longer periods of sedentary time (defined as any sitting / reclining activity with low energy expenditure) are more strongly associated with the amount of fat
deposited around internal organs.
Researchers have long - known that visceral fat — the kind that
wraps around the internal organs — is more dangerous than subcutaneous fat that lies just under the skin around the belly, thighs and rear.
Fat around the abdomen and waist is associated with deep fat that is deposited
around internal organs (visceral fat), which is the most dangerous type of fat.
They have normal levels of fat but with increased risk of certain diseases because of fat deposits in and
around internal organs.
Prolonged periods of sedentary time strongly associated with amount of fat
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Adipose tissue (fat), is found right under the skin, in between muscles and
around internal organs, the heart, the liver etc..
«Excess weight gain around the abdomen is called central obesity, where fat is deposited
around the internal organs, and this is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.»
Obesity is characterized not only by excess fat near the surface of your body, but also excess fat in and
around your internal organs.
As you may know, your waist size is not only a matter of aesthetics, but also a powerful indicator of a build - up of visceral fat, a dangerous type of fat
around your internal organs that is strongly linked with type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Belly fat is dangerous as it entwines
itself around the internal organs causing all kinds of damage, and in many cases can be the trigger for diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Visceral adipocytes build up much deeper and are deposited
around your internal organs — it's what we refer to as belly fat.
A thick waist is a well - known sign of a build - up of visceral fat, a dangerous type of fat
around your internal organs that is strongly linked with type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The heart muscles deteriorate over time causing it to pump inefficiently in turn this causes a build - up of fluid in the stomach and
around the internal organs.