Slim Down and be a Winner

Knowing your waist circumference is very important because it shows  the amount of visceral fat in the abdominal region. Abdominal fat is considered to be more health riskful than total obesity.  This means that people who have fat in the thighs,  arms, buttocks, etc. are not at much risk as those with fat in the abdominal region. This is so because visceral fat feeds directly into the liver via the portal vein. In caveman days when famine was common, stores of visceral fat were crucial for survival, but now there is little need for excess stores of readily available energy. Also termed the omentum, this deep fat tissue causes metabolic disorders like poor blood sugar control, heart disease, diabetes, and increased risk of breast cancer and gallbladder disease.      Also, according to the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, your waist measurement is an indicator of whether you are at a healthy weight. A man whose waist measureme...

The issue of whether sugar or fat leads to weight gain has been a bone of contention among scholars for a long period of time.          When you eat, your food is broken down by enzymes  into glucose  and absorbed through the walls of the small intestine. Glucose is used as energy   however not all glucose are utilized since there are usually excess glucose. Meanwhile, the glucose required by the body on daily basis is usually not as much as the glucose consumed daily by the average person. The pancreas then releases the hormone insulin to move the excess glucose from the blood to be stored as fat. This way, insulin regulates the level of glucose in the blood and the absence of insulin can cause health defects especially diabetes.      When you eat sugar or sugary foods, the food is digested very quickly and you will have much higher levels of glucose in your blood, which, in turn, will require more insulin to be rele...