how do you know if you have excess visceral fat?
The easiest way to tell if you are likely to have excess visceral fat is by the size of your waist.
For Europeans, if your waist size is 80 cm or more (31 inches) for women, or 94 cm or more (37 inches) for men, you are likely to be carrying excess visceral fat. For other groups such as South Asians, excess visceral fat may be present at a lower waist size - check with your pharmacist or doctor.
If you are carrying excess visceral fat, you are likely to be at greater risk of developing serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart disease.
The size of your jeans’ waistband, for example, won’t give you an accurate indication of your waist size, as people typically wear their jeans below where their ‘true waist’ actually is. So the best way to determine your true waist size is to measure it with a tape measure.
To take an accurate reading you will need to find your ‘true waist’. To do this, place one finger on your hip bone and another on the bottom of your rib cage – halfway between these two points is where you’ll find your ‘true waist’. For most people, this is where their belly button is.
Before you read the tape measure, make sure that it is snug against your skin and parallel to the floor. Then breathe out normally and take the measurement.
If you are carrying excess levels of visceral fat, even a small reduction in your waistline can significantly improve your health.
The good news is that losing weight with alli can help you trim your waist size. After six months of taking alli together with a reduced calorie, lower-fat diet waist size has been shown to reduce by an average of 4.5 cm (1.8 inches) – which was more than by dieting alone.
In addition, in a small clinical study, visceral fat was reduced in over 70% of alli users who followed a reduced calorie, lower-fat diet.
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