BAD NEWS
Abdominal Visceral Fat (aka Belly Fat) has been strongly linked to:
- Depression
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Systemic Inflammation
- Diabetes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Death
In a nutshell, a big gut is not a good thing.
GOOD NEWS
High Intensity (HIIT and/or HIRT) Training burns off belly fat faster than any other form of exercise.
The Science
In 2008, researchers took 27 middle-aged obese women with metabolic syndrome and subjected them to one of three exercise programs.
- Group 1 was the no-exercise control group
- Group 2 was the low intensity (aerobic) exercise group –
- Group 3 was the high intensity (HIIT) exercise group
Groups 2 & 3 performed 5 workouts per week @ 400 calories per workout.
After 16 weeks, the HIIT group had significantly reduced total abdominal fat, abdominal subcutaneous fat and most importantly abdominal visceral fat.
Sadly, Groups 1 & 2 saw no significant changes in fat loss.
In study #2, researchers took 45 normal women (mean BMI 23.2
2.0 kg m-2 and age of 20.22.0 years) and subjected them to a 15 week HIIT exercise program.
As in the first study, the women were divided into 3 groups.
- Group 1 was the no-exercise control group
- Group 2 was the low intensity (aerobic) exercise group –
- Group 3 was the high intensity (HIIT) exercise group
After 15 weeks, both exercise groups demonstrated a significant improvement in cardiovascular fitness.
However, only the HIIT group had a significant reduction in:
- total body mass (TBM),
- fat mass (FM),
- trunk fat
- and fasting plasma insulin levels.
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Conclusion
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High Intensity training (HIIT or HIRT) is more effective than cardio training for burning off belly fat.
Reference
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Amen brother. That’s all I have to say about that.
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A study team at Duke University School of Medicine has suggested a possible reason why cancer cells like sugar so much.
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