"General's belly" is not impressive and is prone to cardiovascular disease

Winter vacation is also the best time for friends and family to hold various gatherings and keep in touch. Because dinner parties are an indispensable part of this time. However, after the gathering, it is inevitable to encounter the embarrassment of a "general's belly"! Studies have found that abdominal obesity is more likely to cause high blood lipids, high blood sugar and high blood pressure, namely the "three highs". People with a "general's belly" are also "candidates" who are closer to stroke and heart disease.

The bigger the waist circumference, the higher the risk of cardiovascular disease

When it comes to fat, many people have a misunderstanding and think that fat is the excess fat on the body. Experts point out that this understanding is incomplete. According to the distribution range, fat is divided into subcutaneous fat and visceral fat.

Subcutaneous fat is mainly accumulated under the skin. People with more subcutaneous fat have a "pear-shaped" body. Visceral fat is mainly accumulated in major organs such as the stomach, kidneys, heart and pancreas, forming what we often call a "general's belly" and the body is "apple-shaped".

Experts say that although the BMI index (weight (kg)/height (m)) of Orientals is generally lower than that of Westerners, when the BMI levels are the same, Orientals have significantly more visceral obesity. Moreover, not only obese and overweight people are prone to excessive visceral fat, but people who do not look fat may also have excessive visceral fat.

For diabetic patients, the harm of visceral fat accumulation is far greater than that of subcutaneous fat.

On the one hand, visceral fat can increase the body's insulin resistance and greatly reduce the effect of insulin; excessive accumulation of visceral fat in the pancreas can also lead to impaired secretory function of pancreatic islet cells, greatly accelerating the progression of diabetes.

On the other hand, excessive accumulation of visceral fat can also cause an inflammatory response in the body, greatly increasing the risk of large vessel disease, especially coronary heart disease. Therefore, it can be said that the multiple hazards of visceral fat not only increase the difficulty of diabetes treatment, but also dramatically increase the risk of diabetes complications.

Why abdominal obesity increases risk of heart disease

Why is abdominal obesity more likely to cause heart disease than obesity in other parts of the body? Experts say that research has found that abdominal fat has different properties from fat in other parts of the body. Abdominal fat molecules can easily enter the blood in the form of free fatty acids and go directly to the liver with the blood. When there are too many free fatty acid molecules in the liver, they are converted into low-density lipoproteins and flow through the blood to the heart, lungs, and arteries.

Among them, a part of low-density lipoprotein is converted into harmful cholesterol, thus inducing cardiovascular disease. Experts remind that to reduce abdominal fat, you should participate in more physical exercise, such as running, climbing, cycling, swimming, playing ball, etc., for more than 30 minutes a day, preferably 60-90 minutes a day, more than 5 days a week, to prevent the reduction of abdominal fat.