Your Wellness Tip For Today
The fat you don’t see is the most dangerous.

The soft, superficial stuff that ripples your thighs and tummy may be a bikini spoiler, but if you can pinch it, it probably won’t kill you. However, if you have a solid “beer belly”…well, you’re likely headed for more trouble than politician hooked up to a polygraph. That’s because too much deep fat churns out supersize amounts of hormones and proteins, which can lead to big hazards. Among them: lousy LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels; high blood sugar and blood pressure; insulin resistance; and widespread inflammation. All are instigators of many diseases—including dementia, cancer, heart disease and diabetes. But often you can get a “do over,” and it doesn’t take that long and isn’t that hard, if you know what you are doing.

First, don’t rely on your scale. As you start to reduce risky belly fat, your weight may temporarily go up. So ditch the scale in favor of the tape measure. If you’re a woman, your waist should be 32 ½ inches. If you’re a man, 35 inches. Creep past 37 inches for women or 40 for men, and the health danger increase.

Oprah.com – 7-4-2009 
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