Get Moving if You can Pinch an Inch
March 2nd 2010 08:00 am
A study from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, show that being overweight shortens life. The authors showed that overweight men who originally did not have metabolic syndrome eventually suffered from metabolic syndrome, diabetes and heart attacks.
Metabolic syndrome is considered to be early diabetes and includes high blood sugar and triglycerides, high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol and abdominal obesity (40 inches for men & 35 for women). According to this study being overweight without metabolic syndrome increased heart attack rate by over 95% and being overweight with metabolic syndrome increased the rate by over 155%.
Apparently, storing fat primarily in your belly rather than in your hips means that you already have high insulin levels, which reduces life spans and increases risk of heart attack. Insulin specifically causes fat to be stored in the stomach.
If you can pinch more than an inch from you around your stomach, you are likely overweight and at an increased risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart attack and premature death. Now would be a good idea to start exercising daily, avoid high sugar foods and consume more natural fruits and veggies.
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