In recent
research, thigh fat (peripheral fat) has been found to be better
than visceral fat (the accumulation of fat around the waist
and organs). With the new finding, it raises many eyebrows on
the efficacy of liposuction and whether it is beneficial to
remove the fat in thighs.
In the opinion of a professor, Dr. Anne B.
Newman at the University of Pittsburgh it is the waist line
that women should obsessed versus slenderizing their thighs.
Moreover, Dr. Newman coauthored a recent study that noticed
a relationship between thigh fat and reduced rates of metabolic
syndrome (a cluster of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes;
including LDL (bad) cholesterol and high levels of sugar in
the blood).
The clinical trial involved both genders (over
3,000 women and men aged 70+). The findings portrayed that thigh
fat was associated to raise scores on the measures amongst both
women and men with body mass indices (BMI) high enough to qualify
as obese.
Researchers are considering thigh fat to help
other age groups, as well. How and why thigh fat may be beneficial
has not been determined. To some, it the theory is suggest that
the thighs play the role of a metabolic sink by absolving triglycerides
as well as other harmful compounds from the blood.
In other theories, it has been suggested that
leg fat does not really affect itself. Relatively, it may represent
healthy body processes that enable a woman to store fat in safer,
peripheral areas opposed to the more detrimental regions, the
visceral area. Moreover, the same findings have been proved
in the study of animals. For instance, an experiment surgically
removed peripheral fat from mice. As a result, their visceral
fat shot up and started secreting more of the dangerous compounds
that are associated with heart disease and diabetes. |
