What Causes Visceral Fat?
- Fat gets stored when you consume too many calories and have too little physical activity.
- Some people tend to store fat around their belly rather than on the hips because of their genes.
- In women, getting older can change where the body stores fat. Especially after menopause, women’s muscle mass gets less and their fat increases.
- As women age, they are more likely to develop more visceral fat in the belly, even if they do not put on weight.
- In men, age and genetics also play a role in developing visceral fat. Drinking alcohol can also lead to more belly fat in men.
29
666 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Lawyer turned Artist Visionary Curator & Gallerist. Empowering self-love and joy through art & words. www.innerjoyart.com 💝 Instagram : dymphna.art
Important to know our body well, including the types of fats stored and whether those are healthy or not. Once we are familiar with those distinctions, we will be in the position to make further choices that may best serve our health goals.
“
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about exerciseandfitness with this collection
The benefits of a bedtime routine
How to improve your sleep quality
How to create a relaxing sleep environment
Related collections
Similar ideas to What Causes Visceral Fat?
Research On Metabolism
- A caloric deficit leads us to unknowingly compensate by eating more.
- For some, crash dieting can permanently slow their metabolic rate, leading to longer calorie retention.
- Bodies don’t burn more body fat while on a high-fat and low-carb ketogenic diet, compared to a higher-c...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates