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DAILY QUOTES / visceral fat silent killer
« on: July 08, 2015, 06:26:30 PM »
Unlike subcutaneous fat, which is found just under our skin, and is thus easily seen, visceral fat is the silent killer that makes a huge impact on our health...
Visceral fat is part of the reason why we see 50-year-old marathon runners drop dead from heart attacks. “He was so healthy,” others will say. But was that man really that healthy? Chances are he may have had a lot of visceral fat, and maybe even some other bad biomarkers of health. The trouble with the silent killers is that people rarely check for them. This is a huge, and potentially fatal, mistake.
Visceral fat is part of the reason why we see 50-year-old marathon runners drop dead from heart attacks. “He was so healthy,” others will say. But was that man really that healthy? Chances are he may have had a lot of visceral fat, and maybe even some other bad biomarkers of health. The trouble with the silent killers is that people rarely check for them. This is a huge, and potentially fatal, mistake.