Pot Belly Leads to Heart Disease

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Hi folks:

This is not news to us here of course. But it is further evidence

indicating that internal abdominal fat is more dangerous than fat

elsewhere:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6944279.stm

The paper does not appear to be in PubMed yet.

This reminds me of measurements I made of myself a year or two ago.

I measured the skinfold fat around my abdomen to try to figure out

how much my abdomen circumference (navel level) measurement could

drop with further fat loss, and how far it would need to drop to get

my BF down to 10% using the US Navy calculation.

The conclusion I came to at the time was that I simply didn't have

enough fat left to get even close to a US Navy 10% BF.

What I didn't realize then was that it would not be subcutaneous fat

around my waist that I would be losing on the way to 10% (it seems to

me I do not have much subcutaneous fat left) but internal fat

deposits instead. And this report seems to confirm that it is the

most important fat to reduce. Pity that it seems to come off last!

But first I need to get my BF% accurately measured as my personal

objective is to get to, but not below, 10%. (And perhaps I can get

my pulse pressure a little closer to 35?)

Rodney.