Question six, do I need to be scared of my belly fat? As much as we don't want to hear this? The answer to this question is a resounding yes. And this is the reason why. Belly Fat, amongst other indicators is a very strong sign of insulin resistance. And insulin resistance is associated with reduced longevity, as well as conditions that limit your quality of life.

So what are the signs and symptoms of insulin resistance? The most obvious is obesity, and a high ratio of middle fat to hip fat. So, if you walk towards a wall, and your tummy, touches the wall before you're chased, this is a good indication that you are insulin resistant but in addition happens glycaemia or low blood sugar, or feeling shaky and weak if you go more than three hours without food, metabolic syndrome if your doctors diagnose metabolic syndrome, this goes hand in hand with insulin resistance. If you have high blood pressure, high blood pressure is not something you catch. It's a symptom of an underlying disorder. Because a lot of insulin in the body causes 30 m to be reabsorbed into the kidneys.

And a high salt level will lead to high blood pressure, as well as water retention, which of course is unsightly, uncomfortable and psychologically disheartening if you're trying to lose weight disordered cholesterol ratios, incident impacts on fat storage. So with high incident comes high triglycerides and with the high triglycerides Comes high cholesterol, and an increased risk risk of coronary heart disease. Plus, while we're on currently heart disease, remember, incident is an anabolic hormone. So it's a human adult's it increases cellular proliferation. It certainly does this defect of as we know. But in fact, it also does this to the cells in the smooth muscles of the arteries, increasing the narrowing and occlusions that you get.

Instant also decreases. Fabry analyzes, which is the body's ability to break up blood clots. So the combination of increased cellular proliferation in the arteries, increased susceptibility to blood clots, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure. You can see that suddenly, your risks have increased quite dramatically. Belly Fat and insulin resistance