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What should visceral fat be
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Before going deeper into visceral fat and how we can eliminate it, we should first comment on a series of considerations that are important to better understand this concept and that will surely be interesting.
These indexes can usually be seen in pages that supposedly deal with nutrition issues while other values such as visceral or body fat levels among others, which are really important and that really give us information about how we are, are completely unknown to most of the population.
Well, what we should really care about is not the weight, but the percentage of fat, because the person who has made this body composition test was an athlete with a lot of muscle mass, which although logically weighed a lot, was completely healthy.
Its main function is to supply energy in case of need, being metabolized to obtain glucose for the cells, and it is the cause of obesity and overweight in case of a bad diet. It increases with age.
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Visceral fat gets its name because it is the fat found in the abdominal area, located between the organs. It is more resistant than subcutaneous and intramuscular fat, which is why it is also often referred to as “hard fat”. Its main function is to protect and cushion the internal organs, making it an essential element of the body. But, at the same time, its excessive accumulation is the most dangerous to health.
Yes, as we have already seen, it is an element that we all have in our body. The question lies in knowing whether we have the normal and healthy degree of visceral fat or, on the contrary, a harmful excess of it. If you suffer from generalized overweight, chances are that you also have too much of this type of fat. The safest and most effective way to find out is to go to a specialist who can accurately measure your visceral fat levels and the danger they represent.
However, there is also a simple formula that we can carry out at home to get an idea of the degree of visceral fat we have. Simply measure your waist circumference with a tape measure. The acceptable limits of visceral fat are usually between these two parameters:
Burning visceral fat
In blue the percentages considered “lean”, in green the “ideal” percentages, in yellow the average (in other tables it is identified as “overweight”), and in red the percentages above the average (in other tables it is identified as “obesity”).
The body fat percentage is an important figure to take into account if we want to lose weight or simply to know our fitness. It is a more reliable figure than the BMI (body mass index) to know if we are overweight, underweight, obese or if we are at a normal weight, since it distinguishes the fatty matter found in our body from other lean matter such as our muscle mass, the weight of our viscera or bones.
In athletes, especially in those who practice strength sports, it is very common for the BMI to be high and to indicate an obesity index when they are not obese at all. This type of athletes have a large amount of muscle mass, which makes them have a high weight for their height; however, they usually also have a fairly low percentage of fat. As you can see, weight is not everything.
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Although it may seem unjustified, your weight gain could be related, not to excess food, but in the choice of it; that is, your diet is composed of foods that accumulate as abdominal fat or have empty calories (provide energy but no nutrients).
A good strategy to avoid consuming these foods that accumulate as abdominal fat is to drink a glass of water as hot as possible before giving in to temptation; besides hydrating you, it will help you reduce cravings and improve your metabolism.
All bodies are different, hence some women have a more defined waist than others. If you claim that your waist is nonexistent, we tell you how to “make waist” with this routine with weight to mark it. The curve of the waist in women has long been considered sexy.
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