Ladies, here are three things you probably didn't know about belly fat. I've been in functional medicine for more than 25 years, and this isn't about how it looks. Thing one: It isn't passive storage. Visceral fat, the fat wrapped around your organs, behaves like an active endocrine gland, releasing inflammatory compounds that drive insulin resistance throughout your whole body, independent of your total weight. Thing two: It makes its own estrogen. Visceral fat contains an enzyme called aromata
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Ladies, here are three things you probably didn't know about belly fat. I've been in functional medicine for more than 25 years, and this isn't about how it looks. Thing one: It isn't passive storage. Visceral fat, the fat wrapped around your organs, behaves like an active endocrine gland, releasing inflammatory compounds that drive insulin resistance throughout your whole body, independent of your total weight. Thing two: It makes its own estrogen. Visceral fat contains an enzyme called aromata
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