The Average Joe Fitness

Yes, believe it or not, your waist size can tell more about the state of your health than you think. It’s obvi­ous that a bulging waist­line is far from aes­thet­i­cally pleas­ing. How­ever, just as unpleas­ing could be the hints it’s giv­ing you about the state of your health. To get right down to it, there are links between increased risks of mor­bid­ity, car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease, and other seri­ous heart con­di­tions and the fat around your waist, the vis­ceral fat.

Vis­ceral fat is the fat that is packed in between the organs in the abdom­i­nal area. Excess vis­ceral fat pushes the organs out and leads to a pot belly. One of the dan­gers of vis­ceral fat is that since it is between the organs in the abdomen and under­neath the mus­cle, it can go unde­tected until there are large excesses of it and the pot belly forms.

Vis­ceral fat is a very dan­ger­ous threat. Now you may ask, isn’t all body fat a threat? First let me say that there are two kinds of body fat. There is sub­cu­ta­neous fat, which is fat that is under­neath the skin. Then there is vis­ceral fat. What makes vis­ceral fat so dan­ger­ous is that, accord­ing to Dono­van Bald­win,

Unlike “sub­cu­ta­neous fat” which is found below the skin, vis­ceral fat secretes inflam­ma­tory hor­mones which can cause organ dam­age (heart, kid­ney, brain) at a cel­lu­lar level. So, while obe­sity in gen­eral is a prob­lem to be dealt with, vis­ceral fat (belly fat) in par­tic­u­lar demands imme­di­ate and spe­cial attention.

So exer­cis­ing and eat­ing bet­ter to trim down that pot belly won’t just make your clothes fit bet­ter, it will also decrease your chances of seri­ous health con­di­tions. And you can also say that your slim stom­ach isn’t just sexy on the out­side, but it’s healthy on the inside.

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