Home / Health / What is visceral fat and understanding what it does to your body and how to manage it

What is visceral fat and understanding what it does to your body and how to manage it

By Jatin Sharma, 10 March 2017

Advertisement

4How can we manage it?

Advertisement

Visceral fat is located under the muscles, and if excess of such fat gives you an apple shaped body. Visceral fat is often seen with MRI or CT scan. The best way to manage this visceral fat is to monitor what food you eat and how much you eat. The American Diabetes Association recommends that you not eat more than 30% of your daily calories and keep saturated fats to a minimum of just 7%. In addition to this diet plan and you also need a good workout plan to burn off all the calories. Any exercise that results in your heart rate increasing for a minimum of 30 minutes a day can regulate and decrease the amount of visceral fat in the body. Also adequate amount of sleep also helps burn calories and regulate hormones and chemical reactions in our body. If visceral fat is untouched and accumulates over time, it can be very dangerous to your overall health and well-being.

How to manage Visceral fat

Image Source: www..livestrongcdn.com

Page 3of 3

'
' '