excess visceral fat concerns
why is too much visceral fat a problem?
Unlike subcutaneous fat (the fat just under your skin), which the body stores for long-term use, e.g. during pregnancy or sustained periods without food, visceral fat (stored in the abdomen around vital organs) plays a different role within your body.
Visceral fat can be easily ‘burned’ by the body and fuels short-term energy needs. This helps us cope with stress or provides energy when we exercise.
Visceral fat also releases fatty acids, hormones and inflammatory proteins. Too much visceral fat increases the levels of these fatty acids, hormones and proteins, affecting the ability of your vital organs to function properly, and can result in raised blood pressure, insulin resistance and high cholesterol as well as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke.
why do some people have more visceral fat than others?
Everyone has a certain amount of visceral fat – we need it for our bodies to function properly. However, a variety of factors can influence how much fat is stored in the body as visceral fat.
Lifestyle is one factor. An unhealthy diet can increase your level of visceral fat, while regular exercise can decrease it.
Others include your, gender, hormones (women going through the menopause), age, ethnicity and if there is a history of high levels of visceral fat in your family.
And as we get older our metabolism slows so it becomes harder for us to burn off visceral fat.
The good news is that it is easier to lose visceral fat than it is to lose subcutaneous fat. And even modest losses of visceral fat can make a substantial improvement to your health.
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