People with prominent belly are in great danger, say specialists. Especially in the conditions in which the abdomen is full of visceral fat, the one that surrounds the organs and creates dysfunctions, many fatals, over time. The specialists say what the optimal circumference of the waist is.
Abdominal fat is clean death say shutterstock photo doctors
In the Balkans, especially there is the idea that the prominent abdomen in a man is a sign of prosperity and even health. Children and corpulent adults were often considered healthy or, as they were said in the people, “healthy”. That person has a knife edge.
The body shape of the body means big health problems
The analysis of the doctors starts from the body shape, but also with a simple measurement. “We take the centimeter and measure the waist circumference. It is measured from halfway between the top of the hip and up to approximately on the navel line. Women should have a maximum of 90, and men maximum 100. Exceeding means health risk”Says doctor Corneliu Saradan, a prevention specialist. Even if the body mass index, that is, that formula that shows whether we suffer from obesity or overweight, falls within normal parameters, a prominent abdomen, with much fat, means great health problems.
“Abdominal fat is a large alarm. Especially if we speak of that visceral fat, present inside the abdomen and which ends up the organs. The risks are very high and we have to take emergency measures ”says Corneliu Saradan. In particular, as many specialists show, the body shape is the one that should put us in thoughts. If we have a look of the body, with excess fat in the area of buttocks and thighs, then we have only one problem of aesthetics. That is, fat is under the skin and is harmless to health. Instead, when the body shape is apple, that is, with that prominent abdomen, then we certainly have a visceral fat, that is, that inner layer that envelops the organs and does not let them function properly.
“The problem is health, not the appearance. The presence of visceral fat is an indicator of the development of chronic metabolic diseases, whether it is hypertension, heart disease or diabetes ”says Garth Davis, a surgeon at Huston Methodist. The ideal measures of the circumference of the abdomen from the point of view of health, not of aesthetics, are calculated especially according to sex and age. But, in particular, according to an important study by Harvard this Chan School of Public Health, the circumference of a man should not exceed 100 centimeters and not over 90 centimeters. The only way to clearly observe visceral fat is through CT or MRI. However, there are procedures that eat time and consume resources. So the specialists are guided especially after the circumference of the abdomen and make specific calculations, based on the fact that 10% of the body’s fat is visceral fat.
From diabetes and cardiovascular disease to cancer and sudden death
Complications caused by visceral fat are devastating. Doctors like Garth Davis confess that this fat is biologically active, as an organ that secretes hormones and other chemicals related to all kinds of diseases. These substances include cytokines, those that increase the risk of stroke and make the body less sensitive to insulin, leading to diabetes. At the same time, visceral fat produces a precursor of angiotensin, a protein that leads to vasoconstriction and causes blood pressure to increase.
The specialists have made a list of diseases caused by visceral fat, that major problem of the “bumps”. The list is made on the basis of specialized studies done over time. Thus, the first consequences are high blood pressure and the risk of myocardial infarction. Then, One consequence is type II diabetes, caused by insulin resistance induced by the substances produced by visceral fat. asthma than those with normal abdomen circumference.
Studies put everything on account of the fact that this visceral fat has an inflammatory effect throughout the body, including in the airways. Also a study by the health units in California showed that this visceral fat is related to a special predisposition for dementia. Specifically, people aged 40 who had a high level of visceral fat were three times more prone to dementia, at the age of 70, than the others. Other studies, this time in Korea, show that those with a prominent abdomen and much visceral fat are more prone to certain types of cancer.
Especially in colon cancer. Women who have prominent abdomen are also prone to breast cancer. In addition, abdominal fat leads to phenomena such as apnea, but also erectile dysfunction. In conclusion, as the specialists who published in “The New England of Medicine” shows a study on 350,000 Europeans, men and women, visceral fat doubles the risk of a person to die prematurely.
Exercises and a balanced life the only escape
James de Lemos, cardiologist and teacher in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says that the best ways to get rid of visceral fat and implicitly for the prominent abdomen are physical exercises and a balanced diet. First of all, recommend James of Lomos, we must avoid foods high in saturated fat or simple sugars. The cardiologist recommends the Mediterranean diet, mainly based on olive oil. In addition, the exercises are holy, adds James from Lemos. The aerobic ones are more efficient, ie sustained walks and outdoor running. Not to mention the hiking in the mountains. In addition to redistributing fats in the body, exercises develop muscle mass.
