Got belly fat? Unhealthy risk for Indians

With SRK along with a whole chain of others sporting six-pack abs, its become all the rage. Everyone wants to know how to build a six pack! But a six-pack is not all about looking good. It has a lot to do with your health as well.

Belly fat is the major reason why most people don’t have a six pack and it is this extra tyre around your waist that can actually be harmful to your health, besides holding you back from taking off your shirt at the beach! Also belly fat that is the worst kind of fat. Read on to find out..

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The fat that settles around your belly secretes substances known as adipokines which raise your risk of heart disease. It also produces:

Resistin- A hormone that leads to high blood sugar

Angiotensin- A hormone that raises blood pressure

Along with this, those love handles also affect your risk of heart attacks and strokes. That should give you reason enough to get up and take action about losing the fat around your waistline.

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2 Responses to “Got belly fat? Unhealthy risk for Indians”

Lose Weight or Lose Fat? : Fitho on August 8th, 2008 9:53 am

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40 and out of shape? : Fitho- Lose the Fat, not the fun on August 18th, 2008 1:33 pm

[...] What you need to do is really take control of the situation. As you get older, your metabolic rate starts slowing down. So, for the same amount of food that you ate in your 20s, your body needs more exercise to burn the same amount of calories. With age, your body starts storing more fat. It is biologically designed to do so, since your body sees fat as stored energy, which it might need in the future. It does not realize that you’re in the 21st century and there’s plenty of food. That’s where your brain needs to step and control what goes into your body. Alcohol consumption increases the amount of fat your body stores. And all those fried goodies you pop in along with the beer, leads to even more fat storage. Stress releases cortisol which further increases fat storage in our body. And Indians have a high tendency to store fat on their belly, which is the most dangerous kind of fat. Read here to find out more. [...]

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