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UPDATE: Getting rid of belly fat and that waist
Published on May 12, 2012.
Here is an update to our April 23rd post on the importance of getting rid of that “spare tire.”
Update May 12, 2012
Abdominal Obesity or “pot belly,” and the risk of sudden cardiac death From a press release by the Heart Rhythm Society, May 9, 2012“For the first time, a significant and direct correlation has been shown between the specific region of the body where obese individuals carry their weight and the increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Specifically, obese individuals with an “apple” shape figure, or larger waste-to-hip ratio (WHR), are at greater risk than those with a more “pear” shaped figure, or smaller WHR. These findings were presented May 9 at the Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions.
An analysis of the more than 15,000 people enrolled in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC), a United States prospective biracial cohort study, showed that not only does obesity have a linear association with sudden cardiac dewasit-to-hip ratio WHR, or carry their weight in the abdominal region, have double the risk of sudden cardiac death.’
April 23, 2012
The battle to rid yourself of “belly fat” may have become a little easier. Researchers writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition say that their findings suggest that calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation contributes to a beneficial reduction of VAT (visceral adipose tissue) or “belly fat.” (1)The researchers took two groups. Randomly gave one group Vitamin D and calcium enriched Orange Juice, and the other group plain Orange Juice. The researchers noted “significant” visceral adipose tissue loss in the Vitamin D/Calcium group(s).
There has been an incredible amount of research published on the obvious. Abdominal fat is the strongest indicator of future and present health risks. Researchers in the medical journal Obesity noted that the best test to determine risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, insulin resistance, and other chronic disease was a tape measure to measure your waist. (2)
Researchers writing in the medical journal Diabetes Care agree. They say while overall body fat and fitness levels are important in predicting health risks, it is your waist size or the measurement of abdominal obesity that is the still the measurement to assess health risk among older adults. (3)
Weight loss is both complex and simple. The complexities come from not understanding what is best for your body – and this is why diet programs fail. At the Magaziner Center for Wellness we offer many weight loss programs to look at things like low vitamin levels such as vitamin D and calcium and others and test your body chemistry.
If you want a simple and effective diet program, that is physician assisted and gets to the root of your problem of abdominal “belly” fat. Please consider contacting us for an appointment.
1. Rosenblum JL, Castro VM, Moore CE,et al. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation is associated with decreased abdominal visceral adipose tissue in overweight and obese adults. Am J Clin Nutr January 2012 vol. 95 no. 1 101-108
2. Shen W, Punyanitya M, Chen J, Gallagher D, Albu J, Pi-Sunyer X, Lewis CE, Grunfeld C, Heshka S, Heymsfield SB. Waist Circumference Correlates with Metabolic Syndrome Indicators Better Than Percentage Fat.
3. Racette SB, Evans EM, Weiss EP, Hagberg JM, Holloszy JO. Abdominal Adiposity Is a Stronger Predictor of Insulin Resistance Than Fitness Among 50–95 Year Olds. Diabetes Care 29:673-678, 2006
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