TABLOIDBINTANG.COM – Everyone has belly fat. Not only fat people, thin people can also have the same problem. This problem can be serious, especially for appearance problems, especially for women.
It’s not surprising that many people are competing to lose fat in their stomachs, so that their stomachs can be slimmer and their appearance more attractive. Actually, what causes fat accumulation in the stomach?
Belly fat, also known as visceral fat, is fat that accumulates in the spaces between the body’s organs, such as the stomach, liver and intestines. This fat functions to protect important organs in the stomach.
Keep in mind, too much accumulation of visceral fat is actually not good for health. The reason is that visceral fat can produce toxins that can affect how the body works, namely cytokine compounds. Excessive cytokine release can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer (colon, esophageal and pancreatic cancer). There are several things that can be determined to be the cause of someone having excess belly fat.
So, what habits can accumulate fat in the stomach? Below are things you can know:
1. Lack of physical activity
Know that every calorie you take in must be balanced with the calories you take out, if you really want to have a proportional or normal body weight. What if you take in more calories than you take out? The answer is of course that a person’s weight will increase.
One of the factors that causes this to happen is lack of physical activity. A study states that women who watch more than three hours of TV per day are said to have a greater risk of obesity and have larger stomachs compared to women who watch less than one hour of TV per day.
2. Menopause
The older a person gets, the less muscle mass there will be and the more fat will be in the body, especially stomach fat. Reduced muscle mass will cause a person’s body to burn fewer calories, so it will be much more difficult for him to maintain his weight. This could be one of the main reasons why older people get fat more easily.
On the other hand, the decrease in the hormone estrogen when entering menopause can also affect the distribution of fat in the body. Estrogen levels which drop drastically during menopause can cause more fat to be stored in the stomach, not the hips or thighs. Apart from genetic factors, some women may have more belly fat due to menopause.
3. Lack of Sleep
Don’t take sleep for granted. Because apparently lack of sleep can cause a person’s risk of being overweight. Therefore, it is not impossible that he will have more fat deposits in the stomach.
Apart from lack of sleep, sleep disorders such as sleep apnea are also said to be another cause of someone having more belly fat. So, get enough sleep, at least 7-8 hours a day.
4. Consuming less healthy food
Dietary factors can apparently influence fat deposits in a person’s stomach. If you eat a lot of foods that are high in sugar and fat, especially trans fat, this can actually cause more belly fat to accumulate.
Not only that, if your daily protein and fiber intake is low, this can also cause fat accumulation in the stomach and obesity.
2023-09-30 16:59:00
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