The Dangers Of Belly Fat
Take a look at this video above with Dr Oz speaking about the dangers of belly fat.
There has been much publicity on the dangers of belly fat or a large waistline. With dis-eases like diabetes and heart conditions on the increase, it is important to know and understand why belly fat poses such a danger to our health.
We can find fat in nearly all parts of our bodies and in this image concious age we live in it is esy to start stressing about every lump and bump we find.
Fat around your mid section can be a warning sign that your organs are under stress, and stand the risk of being more prone to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, raised cholestorol and certain types of cancers.
By reducing your belly size you go a long way to improving your general well being and self esteem not to mention reduced risk of a myriad of health problems.
There has been many years of research and extensive studies on belly fat and how it affects our health, but Drs can not work out why people with larger mid sections seem to be the target of disease.
One school of thought is that fat regulates our metabloic function. 
Fat around the midsection releases large amounts of fatty acids which in turn effects our blood sugar and insulin metabolism.
Insulin is a critical hormone that helps the body to burn energy. People with large waistlines and midsections tend to have less sensitivity to insulin. So the body responds by pumping out more of the hormone throwing the body even more out of balance.
Having extra belly fat leaves you vulnerable to many problems one of them being insulin resistance syndrome or metabolic syndrome.
This effects more than 50 million Americans. This insulin resistance can develop into type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholestoral, all dangerous for the heart.
Now we are not talking about your love handles here, we are not talking about the surface fat. This is the visceral fat that lies deep in the stomach and wraps itself around your organs. This is the fat that is metabolicaly active.
To find out if your are carrying too much belly fat you need a tape measure. Breathe out and relax, wrap the tape measure around your belly. It should not sqeeze but rest firmly on the skin with the bottom of the measure on top of your hip bone.
Men; you should not measure more than 40 inches
Women should not measure more than 35 inches
The British Medical Journal reports state “the size of your waist may say more about your health than other common measures of obesity including BMI or waist to hip ratio. For most people the scale really does tell a story. Almost everyone with a BMI of over 30 (Standard definition of obesity) also has a large waist circumference” Klienn says
The small amount of people with healthy BMIs and large waist still seem to be the targets for health problems, he says testament to the dangers of belly fat.
Don’t be fooled into thinking you can suck it all way either! Many run to the surgeon and his trusty knife but research is now showing the people who have had 30% of their body fat removed through liposuction did not lessen their risk of heart disease or diabetes. It did not help to lower blood pressure or improve their response to insulin, could it be the size of the fat cell rather than the amount you have?
Increasing the amount of daily activity and exercises can help to reduce all over body weight resulting in belly fat loss as well.
Start today lose belly fat now.