dorri

The other night I was on a online hunt for ways to reduce belly fat as my middle is getting a lot thicker lately than I would like. Well, I came upon plenty of information on visceral fat and in a couple of articles I was surprised to read that belly fat can actually increase your risk of dementia. Oh no, not that too, on top of contributing to heart disease, diabetes, now it's dementia, gee, can't even enjoy a donut anymore!

On a serious note, there is more than one type of belly fat. Subcutaneous fat is the jiggly jelly like fat just under the skin that wobbles and you can pinch...it may make you feel bad but this isn't the fat to worry about..

Visceral fat is the hidden fat deep within the abdomen that crams out your inner organs and contributes to all sorts of health problems.. heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high cholestrol and triglycerides, dementia etc...even people of normal weight may have this dangerous hidden fat.

The good news is that diet and exercise helps to get rid of this fat...they say the visceral fat disappears first and then the soft jelly fat disappears after that..

Well anyways, there is hope for us...Rule
1 cut down on the donuts and
all other junk food, and guys..that
means those chips as well and yah..
I know it's only one..

2. cut down on saturated fats and trans fats

3. eat smaller portions

4. walk and exercise

5. Avoid stress as it raises cortisol,
and cortisol contributes to belly fat
and belly fat increases your risk of
dementia ha ha, how are we
supposed to do that?.

If you cheat and have a few donuts too many, that's okay because you probably won't remember...hee hee..