Sentences with phrase «fat around the heart»

Late - and post-menopausal women have significantly greater volumes of fat around their hearts — a risk factor for heart disease — than their pre-menopausal counterparts, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study has shown for the first time.

«Fat around heart may cause irregular heartbeat.»

«By showing that menopause appears to be associated with a shift in fat deposits that leads to more fat around the heart, we've uncovered a new potential contributor to increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women.»

Increased and excess fat around the heart and vasculature can be more detrimental than abdominal fat, causing local inflammation and leading to heart disease.

«Developing prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular fat in women at midlife may reduce their heart disease risk, especially knowing that the menopausal transition puts women at risk for excess fat around their hearts,» said Dr. El Khoudary.

The fat around the heart is highly saturated.

«Saturated 18 - carbon stearic acid and 16 - carbon palmitic acid are the preferred foods for the heart, which is why the fat around the heart is highly saturated.

Meanwhile, black women with large waistlines had more fat around their hearts than white women with similar amounts of belly bulge.

The medical community isn't yet at a point where doctors routinely screen for fat around the heart, and more research is needed to determine the best treatment strategies, as well, says El Khoudary.

Saturated 18 - carbon stearic acid and 16 - carbon palmitic acid are the preferred foods for the heart, which is why the fat around the heart muscle is highly saturated.

Not exact matches

A portion of fast food usually has around double the calories to another similar food of the same size, and they have a lot of oxidized fat, which increases the risk of heart disease.

Cacao butter is a heart healthy fat and a very stable compound so will not go rancid and has a long shelf life (around 2 years).

(See: Hepatoprotective Activity of Dried - and Fermented - Processed Virgin Coconut Oil) As the foundation of the lipid theory of heart disease and the prejudices against saturated fats and coconut oil in particular continue to crumble, more and more research will validate the truth of what is already known by millions of coconut oil consumers around the world: coconut oil is the healthiest dietary oil on earth!

So, if fat - fear is still dancing around in our hearts even though we are so very fully and thoroughly out of the 90s — please consider feeling really good about the coconut cream that blends itself into this carrot potato mash.

Almonds ---- one of the healthiest nuts around, high in vitamin E, Magnesium and has been associated with reducing the risk of heart disease with it's monounsaturated fats (the same found in olive oil).

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions — increased blood pressure, a high blood sugar level, excess body fat around the waist or abnormal cholesterol levels — that occur together, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Previous studies have shown that people who carry excess abdominal fat around their midsection — a so - called «spare tire» — tend to face higher risks of heart disease compared to people who have fat elsewhere.

Fat can also be stored around and in the arteries causing arteriosclerosis, a stiffening of arteries predisposing people to high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes.

Rich in heart - protective fats, salmon has become the favorite entrée of the health conscious, so much in demand it is farmed around the world.

But a Loyola University Medical Center study has found that the layer of fat around the outside of the heart is more closely associated with atrial fibrillation than BMI.

«Fat tissue around the heart may be a novel target to reduce the risk of a-fib and its recurrence,» Dr. Rabbat said.

Fatty connective tissues around the opah's muscles and fat layers around its organs — particularly the heart — help retain heat.

In terms of other adiposity measures, the less fat, especially around their abdomen, they have, the lower the risk of future heart disease.»

For example, I've always recommended that individuals use fats and oils rich in polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats in place of saturated fats to reduce risk of heart disease, but this study suggests that only monos have been sufficiently studied and reduce risk and at this time there's not enough evidence around polys.

Adipose tissue (fat), is found right under the skin, in between muscles and around internal organs, the heart, the liver etc..

But that same type of visceral fat can also accumulate in a hidden location that may be just as harmful, if not more so: around the heart.

And as expected, they found that the more fat the women carried overall, the more fat they had around their hearts, as well.

Benson's weight put him officially into the «obese» category and brought with it all the associated disease states such as high blood pressure, high inflammation, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, massive amounts of «stress fat» around the belly and chest region, and some serious heart issues.

Ten weeks later, the volunteers had produced new fat cells around their hearts, livers and other digestive organs.

Once metabolized, it forms adipose fat — the kind of fat that collects around your heart, liver, and digestive organs and is associated with a greater risk of obesity, heart disease, liver disease, cancer, arthritis, and other disease states.

Effects can include «weight gain, excess fat around the middle, potential for diabetic conditions, and risk for heart disease,» O'Connor says.

Carrying excess fat, particularly around the mid-section is a risk factor for many serious medical conditions including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and some forms of cancer.

Having a large amount of tummy fat (when compared to having fat around the bottom or thighs) makes you more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and heart problems.»

There are also jumps to boost your heart rate so you can burn fat around thighs.

Today, a number of indigenous tribes around the world are living proof that a high - saturated - fat diet equates to low mortality from heart disease.

Ultimately, work done is still the main factor, and aerobic running at around 75 - 80 % maximum heart rate for 30 minutes or more, is very effective for fat burning.

When your body is carrying around excess fat, your blood pressure and sugar levels can be affected and as a result, your risk for heart disease can increase.

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.

There is a vicious rumour going around that this magical oil is not good for heart health because of it's high saturated fat content when in reality, coconut oil is actually BENEFICIAL for heart health.

Abdominal fat, also called visceral fat or belly fat, is the fat that tends to lodge around your organs and cause inflammation, diabetes and heart disease.

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

So, at least for my body, maybe dietary fat and cholesterol does cause a spike in serum numbers, but it is not the kind that sticks around to turn into plaque, which is after all what heart disease is.

But around the middle of the 20th century, the medical establishment began to caution Americans away from foods containing saturated fats on the grounds that they might contribute to heart disease.

Well if your metabolism stays higher for a longer period after training like it does with circuit training for example, then you will burn more fat and the less fat you have, the less your heart will have to work to lug you around.

Both from what we now understand of the biology around the development of heart disease, combined with robust modern scientific data, eating fat doesn't actually make you fat and saturated fat from the diet does not clog the arteries: it's just plain wrong to claim that it does.

Ectopic fat is found within skeletal muscle tissue and in and around the internal organs, e.g. the liver, pancreas, and heart.

If you stay around 60 - 65 % of your max heart rate, your body burns fat more than glucose (from food).

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.

Previous studies have shown that excess consumption of fructose makes the liver to synthesize fats which is exported as cholesterol and can form around the organs leading to conditions like heart disease.

Carrying around any extra fat — even if it's only a little because of an unhealthy diet — is one of the main causes of heart disease.