Menopause Abdominal Fat - Tips on Losing it

There is a difference in the types of fat women accumulate before and after menopause, did you know that? Here’s some interesting facts and good advice for losing menopause abdominal fat.

Before menopause, fat tends to accumulates under the skin level and above the muscles and organs. This is called subcutaneous fat and cellulite is a perfect example of it. So are embarrassing bat wings and annoying turkey wattle.

The fat that tends to accumulate during and after menopause, however, is much more dangerous to a woman’s health because it stores under the abdominal muscle wall, around the organs of her body. Not that menopause abdominal fat is ever healthy, but this visceral fat is far worse than subcutaneous fat because it directly interferes with the operation of the organs. Coronary artery disease (heart disease), type 2 diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension and stroke are all facilitated by visceral fat.

But there is good news! You know just how difficult it is to get rid of subcutaneous fat. The cellulite on your thighs is stubborn beyond belief, right? All your attempts to lose subcutaneous fat makes for very hard work. But menopause abdominal fat responds, actually, quite readily to exercise and proper diet. So, while you’re trying to melt away the cellulite, your body is shedding visceral fat much faster. That is, indeed, very good news!

If you have a regular exercise routine already in place, you probably won’t see the 10% rise in menopause abdominal fat that even perimenopausal women tend to get as menopause starts its course. However, if you've been rather sedentary in these later years, then your best option is to start a walking program, today, and work yourself up to performing it 6 times a week. An exercise program of any type, done for 30 minutes a day for those 6 days a week will go a long way to reducing menopause abdominal fat and taking you out of the danger zone that having visceral fat represents.

The crazy thing about menopause abdominal fat is that it tends to slow a woman’s metabolism down. So just when you absolutely need to be active and energetic, your body is telling you to slow down. It may take some work to get an exercise routine started, but once you do, you will counteract the slow-down effect of menopause and your energy levels will return to what was previously normal for you. You might even improve the metabolism rate.

Add to a regular aerobic exercise routine a healthy eating program, and you are well on your way to the best health condition you can possibly obtain. A healthy diet means eating fresh foods that are only slightly, if at all, processed. In other words, canned goods are okay, but frozen TV dinners are not. Of course, read the labels of all foods you consider for purchase and consumption. Thanks to truth in advertising laws, if a processed meal was designed to be heart- and weight-healthy, then it will likely be fine for your menopause abdominal fat diet.

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