Belly Fat

While it’s not unhealthy for you to have body fat- in fact, it’s necessary for your survival- too much fat, especially visceral fat, is linked to serious health conditions as you get older, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and even multiple cancer types. Most of the fat on…

Before you indulge in that extra Christmas cookie or the last latke, you may want to think about new research underscoring the danger that your visceral belly fat is posing to your health and well-being. When we talk about the dangers of visceral fat, we are talking about the excess…

The connection between lifestyle behaviors and brain health has been firmly established. We’ve highlighted numerous studies that document how basic activities, such as exercise, eating, social engagement, and sleep, can affect brain health and potentially increase or decrease your risk for such afflictions as memory loss or dementia. In recent…

No matter how diligent, careful, or disciplined we are, many, if not most of us, seem to lose the battle over middle-aged “spread.” Our bellies begin to expand as the years go by, so that by late middle age, into our senior years, we may have a large protruding belly….

It’s almost a rite of passage for those of us into our middle years or beyond: As the years add up, so too do the pounds, along with a ring of fat around our waists. We’ve previously addressed the ring of belly fat that can encircle your waist, both what…

Have you jumped on the weight-loss medication bandwagon yet? Have you wondered whether there’s finally a way for you to shed those extra pounds that have been plaguing you for decades and return to your svelte days of yesteryear? Although we’ve previously told you that a bit of extra weight…