Belly Fat means fat around the abdomen. Belly fat is a great problem, and not just because of how it looks. Belly Fat can be divided into Two type such as
[]Visceral: Fat around the organs
[]Subcutaneous: Fat under the skin
All of the two types, Visceral Fat is so much critical due to high level of visceral fat increase risk for different type of chronic disease such as type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, various types of Cancer and Heart Disease.
How to measure Waist Size?
Measure around your natural waistline and it is approximately above 2 Inches above your belly button.
How to measure Hip Size?
Measure around the fullest part of your hip & rear which is approximately 9 Inches down from your waist measurement.
How to measure Belly Fat?
You can easily measure your belly fat as per Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As per their system calculate your Waist to Hip ratio then you can easily measure it.
If an individual having Waist Size & Hip Size 36 Inches & 40 Inches respectively then-
[][]Abdominal Obesity=Waist Size/Hip Size =36 Inches/40 Inches =0.9
For Male if the ratio is more than 0.95 then you are at risk but in for the Female it value is not more than 0.85.
Common Cause of Belly Fat
[]Low protein diet
[]Trans fats
[]Sugary foods
[]Alcohol
[]Low fiber diet
[]Genetics
[]Stress and cortisol
[]Physical inactivity
[]Menopause
[]Wrong gut bacteria
[]Not enough sleep
It is very common that most of the individual takes sugary foods due to is awesome taste but not beneficial for your heath at all. Try to make a healthy relation with unsweetened coffee, Tea, less processed foods, and fresh water.
Alcohol consumption shall be less as possible [Not more than two drinks per day] to avoid weight gain. Poor heart develops from you more consumption of Artificial trans fats greatly linked with increased belly fat.
Avoid your sedentary lifestyle and increase your physical activity to avoid abdominal fat. At least 170 minutes vigorous physical activity in each week is essential for your good health.
For every woman a great fat store around abdomen when natural hormone changes at menopause and fat storage shift from hips and thighs to abdomen area.
What is the main cause of Belly Fat?
A recent study published in nature medicine of 52,000 women & men, the largest its kind in human, there found that there is a common factor in every overweight woman and man. Low Brown Adipose Tissue Level. They found in every skinny person contains High Brown Adipose Tissue Level.
Brown Adipose Tissue[BAT] is also known as brown fat. It is not fat actually; it acts as fat shrinker not fat storer. Its brown color comes from its densely packed iron enriched mitochondria which work to 24 hours a day to burn your calories from fat stores. It can burn up to 300 times more calories than any other cell in the body.
If you level up Brown Adipose Tissue[BAT] then calorie consumption will high and fat will start burn.