How Much Visceral Fat Should I have??
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Visceral fat is disease; you want none. It's not beneficial like muscle or heart. Claims that visceral fat protects organs are wrong—it destroys them. Nature provides beneficial protections like muscle, hair, heart, liver, kidneys, not visceral fat, which constantly secretes inflammatory molecules causing disease.
The answer is none. How much disease are you comfortable with? How much arthritis? How much constipation?
Ideal amount is zero.
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Abdomen MRI at umbilicus level shows white visceral fat surrounding gastrointestinal tract, causing GI diseases like incontinence, bowel leakage, urine leaks with age. White fat crowds out dark muscle areas. Visceral fat shrinks muscles body-wide, leading to frailty in elderly (e.g., can't stand, carry groceries, sit in wheelchair).
Example: Deep subcutaneous fat leads to love handles, same inflammatory effects.
Guy's body not visibly fat but MRI shows heavy visceral fat at 42 years old. You can't judge internal fat by appearance—get scanned. N=1 approach: study yourself.
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Dad bod from weakened abdominal muscles bulging due to visceral fat's inflammatory effects reducing muscle strength and efficiency.
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