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Visceral Fat & Diabetes - help!!

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If there is a relationship between the amount of visceral fat and diabetes, how does an increase in dietary fat result in a reduction in visceral fat? It would seem to me that my body would use the dietary fat first for energy and other things and may not need to call upon other fat reserves at all. If I reduced my dietary fat, am I not more likely to use up visceral fat? My brain hurts!! Help!
 
As I understand it, both carbs and fat can be converted into triglycerides and glucose if needed and the body is adept at converting and storing these as glycogen (stored glucose) and body fat (subcutaneous or visceral fat).

In terms of laying down body fat, it's more about how much energy you take in. If you take in excess calories of fat you're likely to have the same effect as if you have the same excess calories from carbohydrates.

If you eat too many calories from either fat or carbs, your body will have an excess of glucose and/or triglycerides in the blood and will look to store it either as body fat or glycogen. If your body doesn't need to refill its glycogen stores, the excess triglycerides and glucose will therefore get converted into body fat.

If you want to lose visceral fat, they key is to take in less calories and/or burn more calories through activity.

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Re: Visceral Fat & Diabetes - help!!

Prof Taylor of Newcastle University reckons so. According to his MRI scans of 11 overweight diabetics.


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Re: Visceral Fat & Diabetes - help!!

Thanks...very clear. I think I'm doing the right thing by chance. I'd forgotten about calories... Too busy focussing on carbs, fat and protein.:-/

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