When You're In Your 50s, Here's How To Lose Visceral Fats That Are Hidden In The Body

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JAKARTA - Visceral fat is also known as fat hidden in the body. If usually fat is below the skin, visceral fat is deep in the stomach. Visceral fat is attached to body organs such as the liver and intestines. Not only fat, people with thin bodies can also have visceral fat in the body. Visceral fats also secrete chemicals and hormones that are toxic to the body. This fat increases the risk of chronic diseases attacking organs.

Launching Eat This, Monday, September 5, here's how to remove visceral fats, especially for those of you who are in your 50s and older.

Dr. Piles Perez, a general surgeon and board-certified bariatrics suggests doing at least 30 minutes of exercise with moderate intensity every day of the week. This can include a quick walk, riding a bicycle, or swimming. If 30 minutes is too long, you can shorten the session to 10 minutes. Although for a while, it's better than not exercising at all.

The Cleveland Clinic states that exercise can increase heart rate and make you sweat. This helps reduce the composition of fat in the body, both visceral fat and fat under the skin. Aerobic exercise burns calories as a whole and helps you reduce body fat in total especially if it is balanced with a diet.

Furthermore, Dr. Perez also said that the best way to prevent the increase in visceral fats as you get older is to live a healthy lifestyle. This includes eating healthy foods and exercising regularly. Start putting more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains into your food. Try to stop eating processed foods, sweet drinks, and alcohol in excess.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, if you feel stressed your body may release the cortisol stress hormone into the bloodstream. As a result, weight can increase when you are stressed. So it is strongly suspected that there is a strong relationship between the increase in the amount of cortisol and the amount of visceral fat is higher.

Research shows that if you are an alcoholic, there is a possibility that you have more belly fat than people who occasionally or don't consume alcohol at all. In addition to hoarding excess calories in the body, alcohol also has the effect of slowly losing consciousness if consumed continuously.

The body needs enough sleep to carry out its functions properly. This can improve the immune system, improve mood, and increase productivity the next day. Lack of sleep can affect ghrelin and leptin work, the hormone appetite. If the appetite is out of control, then it is very likely that visceral fat will cover the body.