Aug 4 (edited) ā¢ General discussion
š« Can You Actually Target Visceral Fat?
Good fat, bad fat. Brown fat? White fat? Fat fat? Once again thanks to many a social media guru, most people have loosely heard that our adipose tissue (fat) can be categorised into three groups (white fat, brown fat and beige fat) in three locations (subcutaneous, visceral and ectopic).
Visceral fat is fat surrounding internal organs. We kind of intuitively know thatās not great - visceral fat secretes a bunch of pro-inflammatory cytokines and messes with insulin signalling. Thereās actually a linear relationship between visceral fat, accelerated aging and insulin resistance.
Of course, people love to market this. Lemon and ginger first thing in the morning will torch your visceral fat, following up with some HIIT and a cold plunge. A lot of the āmethodsā around arenāt necessarily complete rubbish, but the thing is - if an overweight individual with lots of visceral fat simply begins to LOSE WEIGHT, visceral fat will often go first. Itās highly metabolically active, has plenty of blood vessels and Ī²-adrenergic receptors, making it more responsive to breakdown - plus, our body doesnāt really want it there anyway.
In fact, although moderate to vigorous intensity exercise is always helpful (not just for fat loss), there is substantial evidence for diet-only visceral fat reduction as it is HIGHLY RESPONSIVE to a negative energy balance. A lower-carb diet has been shown to promote a marginally greater fat oxidation in some cases, but no matter what - if you initiate fat loss through creating a calorie deficit, guess what? Your visceral fat will go, as well.
There are some bizarre claims out there - especially circulating around conventionally used holistic and herbalist ingredients such as lemon, apple cider vinegar, turmeric and pepper. But there has been NO scientifically proven food, herb, remedy or particular exercise regime (aside from exercise itself) that SPECIFICALLY ātorchesā visceral fat. Stay safe, stay sane, and donāt drink too much lemon water. Causes dental erosion over time.
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