Fat on The Stomach: Especially Dangerous for Life
When we see fat on our stomachs, most of us have only one desire: to make it disappear. We only notice fat, but do not take into account what happens behind the scenes. Meanwhile, the appearance of excess on the stomach is an alarming signal about the discord in our body.
Doctors and nutritionists are unanimous: among all the fat "depositories" of our body, the stomach is the most dangerous place. Not the hips, not the buttocks or chest, namely the abdomen. And if, during weight gain, your stomach starts to increase in the first place - this is an occasion to think not just about diet, but about your health in general. The fact is that fat deposits in the abdomen have special causes and entail serious consequences for the whole body.
The problem is that in the case when you have most of the body fat in the abdomen, this means that fat accumulates not only under the skin, but also around the internal organs. This is the so-called "visceral" fat. Men are more prone to the formation of such body fat. However, among women there are ladies with the type of figure "apple" - the presence of the abdomen and the absence of a pronounced waist with relatively slender legs and hips. Why is this type of fat bad?
Firstly, belly fat is a storehouse of toxins that the body could not quickly get rid of, and now they are slowly but surely poisoning us.
Secondly, the fatty tissues of our body secrete certain hormones. Accordingly, the more adipose tissue, the more these hormones are produced. As a result, an imbalance arises in the body, the consequences of which can be very, very sad. And eating unevenly, you risk turning an existing imbalance into a chronic one. The same trace elements and nutrients accumulate, creating an excess, which leads to problems with the intestines. Over time, these problems gradually go beyond the gastrointestinal tract and spread in the body in the form of various inflammations from herpes to cancer. Among the most common problems are hypertension, the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and colon cancer. The picture is unpleasant, but it can be prevented in time, the main thing is to know the enemy in person.
The main provocateurs of hormonal imbalance and, as a result, belly fat:
The problem is that in the case when you have most of the body fat in the abdomen, this means that fat accumulates not only under the skin, but also around the internal organs. This is the so-called "visceral" fat. Men are more prone to the formation of such body fat. However, among women there are ladies with the type of figure "apple" - the presence of the abdomen and the absence of a pronounced waist with relatively slender legs and hips. Why is this type of fat bad?
Firstly, belly fat is a storehouse of toxins that the body could not quickly get rid of, and now they are slowly but surely poisoning us.
Secondly, the fatty tissues of our body secrete certain hormones. Accordingly, the more adipose tissue, the more these hormones are produced. As a result, an imbalance arises in the body, the consequences of which can be very, very sad. And eating unevenly, you risk turning an existing imbalance into a chronic one. The same trace elements and nutrients accumulate, creating an excess, which leads to problems with the intestines. Over time, these problems gradually go beyond the gastrointestinal tract and spread in the body in the form of various inflammations from herpes to cancer. Among the most common problems are hypertension, the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and colon cancer. The picture is unpleasant, but it can be prevented in time, the main thing is to know the enemy in person.
The main provocateurs of hormonal imbalance and, as a result, belly fat:
SUGAR AND REFINED CARBOHYDRATES:
A refined product goes through several stages of cleaning before it reaches your table. It is cleaned of components that are called "ballast", "heavy", "non-digestible." But, as studies show, it is these components that help our body digest what remains in the process of processing. It is the shell of the grain, bran, that helps the intestines cope with the starch of refined grain. Simple sugars, such as white flour of the highest or first grade, white sugar, when ingested, cause a sharp increase in the level of the hormone insulin. The latter plays a major role in the deposition of subcutaneous fat. It inhibits the breakdown of fats and accelerates their synthesis.
Change:
- whole grain white bread
- cookies and crackers for bread, preferably rye or oat
- sweet and carbonated drinks with lemon and honey, tea, freshly squeezed juices
- sweet dairy products (yogurts, curd cakes, milkshakes) on natural unsweetened ones with the addition of fruits, berries or honey.
TRANS FATS:
Trans fats are plant fats that have been solidified by hydrogenation. As a result, hydrogenated fat contains molecules that simply do not exist in nature. When they enter our body, he simply does not know what to do with them, and out of habit puts them in fat cells. Cells with trans fats cease to function normally, their interaction with hormones is undermined. As a result, the hormonal background changes and the further, the more.
The main source of trans fats is margarine. In addition to it: all fried fast food (cookies, crackers, chips, donuts, burgers, etc.), convenience foods (dough, pizza, dumplings, chicken and fish products), also popcorn, sauces and mayonnaise. Make it a rule to read the composition on the package. You see there margarine, soybean, corn, rapeseed, vegetable oil, confectionery fat or the word "hydrogenated" - put it back on the shelf and look for something else.
The main source of trans fats is margarine. In addition to it: all fried fast food (cookies, crackers, chips, donuts, burgers, etc.), convenience foods (dough, pizza, dumplings, chicken and fish products), also popcorn, sauces and mayonnaise. Make it a rule to read the composition on the package. You see there margarine, soybean, corn, rapeseed, vegetable oil, confectionery fat or the word "hydrogenated" - put it back on the shelf and look for something else.
VEGETABLE OILS:
It's about unsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fats. Both those and others are an indispensable resource for the body; extremely important hormones, eicosanoids, are produced from them. It depends on them whether inflammation already existing in the body will develop or not. The difficulty here is the competent combination of omega-3 and omega-6. And, as a rule, most of us do not succeed. Omega-3 is found primarily in algae and animal fat. Omega-6 - in vegetable oils. Usually in our diet there is a significant bias in favor of Omega-6. In this case, the body produces more inflammatory eicosanoids and as a result suffers from obesity.
ALCOHOL:
Everything is simple: in response to alcohol, our body begins to produce more hormone cortisol. This is a stress hormone, which usually our body intensively produces in a stressful situation. He is involved in all metabolic processes. The result of an increase in cortisol is excess subcutaneous fat in the abdomen and neck. The Beer Belly is the most vivid proof of this.
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