Diabetes And Pot Belly

An excess of visceral fat is known as central obesity, the pot belly or beer belly. In which abdomen protrudes excessively, it has connection with cardiovascular disease , diabetes, and dyslipidemia

Visceral fat is also known as organ fat or intra abdominal fat is located inside the peritoneal cavity packed in between internal organs opposed to subcutaneous fat which is found under the skin and intra muscular fat which is found interspersed in skeletal muscle.

Fat is found b/w your skin and muscles. Once the layer of fat in your abdomen become more than 1 inch thick you will have a pot belly. Usually people with pot belly are overweight. They can reduce their bulgies by dropping their weight .

Although men have lesser overall body fat percentage than women. They tend to accumulate their fat around the belly while generally women have more fat in their hips and  thighs. Women who have given birth or have menopause are more prone to fat in abdomen than other women.

visceral fat is a fat that you may not seen  but accumulate around your organs. visceral fat is more dangerous since it result in great insulin resistant compared to subcutaneous fat(fat under the skin).

If you are stressed physically, mentally or emotionally, you may have high level of stress hormone cortisol. Elevated level of Cortisol for a long time cause your body to deposit more visceral fat in the abdomen.

insulin resistance is that when body produce insulin  but is unable to use properly to control  blood sugar level. sugar build up in blood leading to diabetes.

How pot belly effect diabetes

Fat cells were once thought to be solely for energy storage. However it is now known that they also secrete hormones. They play a part in response to infection, inflammation, and injury, among other things. They also secrete both inflammatory and anti-inflammatory substances. Inflammation is also a cause of diabetes. 

central obesity is known to predispose individual for insulin resistance. Abdominal fat is especially active  for secreting a group of hormones called adipokines that may possibly impair glucose intolerance. But adinonectin ( A protein hormone )which improve insulin sensitivity is found in a lower concentration in obese and diabetic individual has shown to be beneficial and protective in type 2 diabetes. It lowers the risk of atherosclerosis and diabetes. Less adinonectin is produced as fat cells increases.

Insulin resistant is major reason of type2 diabetes. Central obesity is correlated  with both insulin resistant and type 2 diabetes itself. Obesity raise the level of serum resitin which is directly related with insulin resistance. That is increased level of serum resitin increase the insulin resistance. Serum resitin level has been found to decline with decreased adiposity.

The people who are under medication for diabetes. They have a large belly. Some of the medicines for diabetes prevent fat deposit around muscles, which is called subcutaneous fat. However body can store visceral fat , which is fat around waist surrounding internal organ such as liver and heart. The medicines can also prevent gluconeogenesis or reverse generation of glucose from fat and muscles that is they prevent burning of body fat.

Someone who has a belly fat but not otherwise overweight could be at the risk of diabetes. Measuring your waist is quick and effective way to telling  how healthy you are ? Waist circumstances is the best indication of abdominal fat.

people with pot belly is at the high risk of diabetes either he is overweight or underweight. To reduce the risk of diabetes we need to lose our weight and if a person is underweight he needs to increase muscle mass to reduce the belly fat. 

MAINTAIN HEALTHY WEIGHT TO REDUCE RISK OF DIABETES