How to eliminate visceral(Belly) fat
Visceral fat is technically excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation. In other words, it’s known as a “deep” fat that’s stored further underneath the skin than “subcutaneous” belly fat. It’s a form of gel-like fat that’s actually wrapped around major organs, including the liver, pancreas, and kidneys.
To eliminate visceral fat it is necessary to do a hypocaloric, sugar-free diet and practice physical activity, such as walking for 30 minutes every day for 3 months to realize the reduction of the belly.
Eliminating the belly with the help of a nutritionist, in this case, is very important because this fat that accumulates in the belly over the organs, such as the liver, stomach, intestine and heart, makes it difficult for them to function, resulting in a metabolic syndrome that results in the development of diseases, such as diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.
In addition, thermogenic foods, such as cinnamon, coffee, ginger or green tea, for example, can be added to the diet to help speed up metabolism and facilitate fat loss.
Diet to eliminate visceral fat
The diet to eliminate visceral fat is easy to follow and consists mainly of eating foods with low fat and sugar, such as:
Apple, pear, strawberry, kiwi, pineapple, lettuce, cabbage.
Pumpkin, celery, zucchini, cucumber, beet, tomato, onion.
Fish, such as hake, sole, sea bass, goldfish.
The meat of chicken or turkey.
Almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, chia seeds, flaxseed, pumpkin or sunflower.
Very sweet fruits like persimmon, grapes or figs should not be consumed by anyone who wants to lose visceral fat.
Other foods that are rich in fat and sugar facilitate the accumulation of visceral fat are embedded, fried, cakes, biscuits, chocolates, candies, soft drinks, ready meals, sauces, pizzas and lasagne. Alcoholic beverages are also banned because they have too many calories and will make fat accumulate more easily over the organs.
How to measure visceral fat
To measure the visceral fat one can do a computed tomography, magnetic resonance or ultrasound. Measuring the belly with a tape measure, however, is a simpler way to check if the fat that builds up in the belly is in excess.
When measuring waist circumference, men should not be over 94 cm and women over 80 cm, because higher values correspond to a higher risk of having diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, such as Infarction or stroke.
To combat the accumulation of fat in the body it is very important to make a proper diet.
