16/11/2019
The Trouble with Visceral FAT
Recent statistics show that 65% of the western world population has developed insulin resistance through a combination of highly stressful lifestyle and inflammatory diet. Obesity levels across all ages are skyrocketing to levels never seen before in modern human history;
For those who suffer from visceral fat or even developed diabetes, this will be the most important message they will ever read.
We now know that fat tissue itself acts like its own organ by pumping out hormones and inflammatory substances.
Storing excess fat around the organs increases production of pro-inflammatory chemicals, also called cytokines, which leads to inflammation; at the same time, it interferes with hormones that regulate appetite, weight, mood and brain function.
What Is Visceral Fat?
Visceral fat is technically excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation. In other words, it’s known as a “deep” fat that’s stored further underneath the skin than “subcutaneous” belly fat. It’s a form of gel-like fat that’s actually wrapped around major organs, including the intestine, the liver, pancreas and kidneys.
People who have a protruding belly and large waist, show a clear sign they’re storing dangerous visceral fat. While it’s most noticeable and pronounced in obese individuals, anyone can have visceral fat, many without even knowing it.
Carrying around excess visceral fat is linked with an increased risk for:
• Coronary heart disease
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Dementia
• Diabetes
• Depression
• Arthritis
• Obesity
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sleep disorders
The Real Causes of Visceral FAT
Nevertheless, the real physiological cause of excessive visceral fat is not the result of binge eating and not doing enough exercise as you keep hearing, but rather the lack of key missing nutrients in our bodies that gets triggered by our modern empty calories diet (such as excessive carbohydrates, low proteins and low fats) which in turns triggers insulin resistance.
Insulin is produced by your pancreas and is a fat storing hormone. Craving foods during most of the day is a nibbling behaviour caused by the body’s search for trace minerals.