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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Lower Abdominal Fat - A Visit

You know that area right around your belly button? The area that seems like it protrudes. The Cyclops-esque area, which can resemble a visceral and circumferential forehead with one eye in the middle. Yes, the lower abs area - Hey, we have to adopt some humor about these quirks.

It can affect all of us. In fact, the abs-fat has a name: Apple-Shaped.

I like apples. They are my favorite fruit. But, I do not like this type of apple.

The apple-shaped body typically has more abdominal fat or torso fat, as I sometimes call it, which can be detrimental to our health. Weight gain, lack of blood flow, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, back pain, and squeezing into jeans are all associated with the apple-shaped “bod”. Recently, I had a conversation with someone about how to get rid of "that fat" or "this" as some refer to it. As we discussed, six different behaviors can affect lower abdominal fat: 1) Genetics 2) Sugar intake and brady/stagnant-metabolism of sugar  3) Fat intake and brady/stagnant metabolism of fat 4) Alcohol intake 5) Lack of physical activity 6) Smoking.

A different take
When we look at these six, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, and smoking are the guiltiest culprits of fat in general. Smoking, however, is by far the most difficult of the three to control. No one has to be a professional to know why. It is the only one of the three behaviors that is a gas. When a gas goes into our bodies, it is either hard to follow it or it cannot be followed at all. Foods are solids or liquids in which their digestion can be followed. So, we know where the food is going; and how it will be dissipated at complete digestion. Of course, there are a few scanning procedures that give us a good look on digestion.

Take these six causes of excess lower abdominal visceral fat and see what you can do with them. The two biggest culprits: alcohol and smoking. The two culprits that can be controlled with the appropriate increase in the usage of another culprit: sugar and fat with the increase in physical activity (PA).

Progressing,
Derek

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