Tag: Viseral fat

Doctor Says…About Abdominal Fat

There are two types of body fat: subcutaneous (under the skin) and visceral (which lies deep within the abdomen, under muscle and around organs). Some people may seem otherwise thin but have a lot of visceral fat. That’s dangerous. “Visceral fat cells secrete hormones, much like other endocrine organs in the body such as your thyroid or pancreas,” says Spencer Kroll, MD, Ph.D., FNLA, a New Jersey-based internal medicine physician. 

Michael Martin 
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Drinks That Increase Visceral Fat

If you’ve heard of visceral fat, you may know that it can be a dangerous type of fat to your overall health. But many people still don’t fully understand visceral fat or what it actually is.

Samantha Boesch –

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/the-1-worst-drink-that-increases-visceral-fat/ar-AARBLb2?ocid=msnews

sipping soda

Cutting out sugar-sweetened beverages won’t guarantee that you’ll decrease your visceral fat, but it will help you manage your overall sugar consumption, which ultimately will help you manage the amount of visceral fat that accumulates.

Samantha Boesch