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It is a hard message to read but unfortunately the Mayo Clinic have said that letting even a touch of weight creep onto our abs increases the chance for coronary artery disease and cardiovascular events and although some of us consider this a normal part of ageing we must always rub this thought from our minds. The Clinic studied 43 healthy volunteers which includes a mean age of 29, measuring blood flow through arm arteries to test the health of the inner lining of their blood vessels. Over an eight-week period, some of the volunteers were instructed to keep their weight, and others to realize weight, and so they were then all were tested again. Then finally, those who gained weight had to reduce it and be tested again. The effects have been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology bbut here is a little overview; among people who gained as little as 9 pounds of visceral (aka abdominal) fat, researchers found that regardless that blood pressure remained healthy and overall BMI was not affected quite a bit, regulation of blood flow through arm arteries was already impaired due to endothelial dysfunction (not good). However i have found 1 some good news...the volunteers who then lost the weight they gained were able to recover. Meanwhile, those whose weight did not change experienced no change in blood flow regulation (ak those who exercise and eat healthily), and those that gained weight evenly throughout their bodies (again due to watching what you eat and exercising) were less affected. Everyone gains weight one day of their lives, whether it be through a difficult period of time or when you're at university but this is usually seen as harmless (not in the extremes). However, whether it is extreme it can have cardiovascular implications, especially if the weight is gained in the abdomen. You need to realise and remember that having a big belly (e.g beer belly) may be more harmful than simply being obese. Basically just don't let yourself go in a short time frame without sorting it out in a later stage because this tends to be dangerous... Somers also stresses of the fact that Clinic did not study people that carried excess visceral weight for more than a few weeks, so whether weight loss in those people would normalize blood vessel function remains unknown. Still, the effects of this study suggest that even a touch of excess weight to your belly is hard in your vascular system, so attempting lose it appears like an intelligent quest and something we try to advertise and encourage in all of our articles. If you're wondering what the normal and healthy waist size is then you can pop into your doctors and ask them to measure you or look it up on a health website such as the NHS. It differs for everybody, depending on height etc. Ok, on a lighter note we realise that a number of sufferers articles seem to be depressing and listing things it's worthwhile to watch out for and not do but there is a simple solution ... exercise 3-4 times a week and watch what you eat. Hey, everyone is allowed to relieve themselves as long as you counter balance it somewhere along the way.
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Ryan James is an experienced personal trainer with over 25 years experience in advice on how to lose a beer belly.
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