New Year, New You!
Wow, it’s 2012! It’s time to up-level to a new you and get those excessive pounds off!
Did you know that excess abdominal fat is the most dangerous type of fat to have? The fat is packed around your intestines, your liver, and your heart, which interferes with the way those organs work. This fat secretes chemicals and hormones that inhibit proper function of those vital organs. It is also an indicator of Type II diabetes and heart disease.
For women, if your waist is more than 35 inches at the belly button; and for men if it is more than 40 inches; then you are within the high risk category of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure , stroke…time to lose weight. Excess fat in the body causes the arteries in your heart to become clogged which raises your blood pressure to force the blood to your organs. Having just an extra 30 excess pounds forces your heart to work twice as hard to do the same job it did when you were just 30 pounds lighter.
Excess blood pressure damages the blood vessels in your kidneys and can cause them to fail. High blood pressure is also linked with blindness caused from burst and bleeding blood vessels in the backs of the eyes. High blood pressure can also cause weakened blood vessels to burst and bleed on the brain causing a stroke. Blood clots can also become lodged within narrowed arteries also causing a stroke.
Diabetes causes the blood to thicken which raises the risk of blood clots forming resulting in strokes and heart attacks from your already thickened arterial walls.
Being overweight can cause a cascade effect on your health because it affects everything. Each organ relies upon the other to work effectively to keep you well.
New Year, New You. It’s time to change the way you eat and change your life!
