Re: Losing subcutaneous vs visceral fat

[Guest guest]

For folks who are " ab obsessed " , won't the VAT (visceral adipose

tissue)loss be a little more appropriate, since

VAT has been shown to be more prominant around the gut (or so I have

read... perhaps this is pure myth?).

Not to mention health reasons...

Chip Conrad

Saramento, CA

-- In Supertraining@y..., " guskara2001 " <guskara2001@y...> wrote:

> Why you can lose fat and still not look any better in the mirror...

>

> Japanese researchers have shown that you lose fat from different

> parts of your body, depending on whether you lose weight with

> exercise or diet.

>

> * Where does my body store fat?

>

> Publishing their findings in " Medicine and Science in Sports &

> Exercise " , the research team showed that dieting leads to a

> greater reduction in visceral (pronounced viss-er-al) fat -- the

> fat that protects your internal organs.

>

> Exercise, on the other hand, has a greater impact on subcutaneous

> (pronounced sub-cue-tain-ee-us) fat. Subcutaneous fat is stored

> just under your skin, and has the biggest impact on the way you

> look.

>

> The minor effect of dieting on subcutaneous fat could explain why

> dieters can lose a lot of weight, but remain unhappy with the way

> they look.

>

> The women in this study took part in a 13-week exercise and diet

> program. One group followed a low calorie diet, combined with 1-2

> days per week of exercise. Group two made no change to their

> diet, but exercised 3-4 days each week.

>

> * What's the difference between exercising and dieting?

>

> While both groups lost fat, the results showed that the women who

> exercised lost more subcutaneous fat than those who relied only

> on dieting.

>

> Here are the results.

>

> EXERCISE

> Fat Loss: - 6lb (3kg)

> Subcutaneous Fat: - 4lb (1.9kg)

> Visceral Fat: - 1.8lb (0.8kg)

>

> DIET

> Fat Loss: - 4lb (2kg)

> Subcutaneous Fat: - 1.1lb (0.5kg)

> Visceral Fat: - 3.3lb (1.5kg)

>

> - The loss of subcutaneous fat was almost 4 times greater in the

> women who exercised.

>

> - Visceral fat loss was greater in the women who dieted.

>

> - When the results of both groups were combined, the researchers

> found a link between exercise frequency and the loss of

> subcutaneous fat. In other words, the more often you exercise,

> the more subcutaneous fat you'll lose.

>

> - There was no link between exercise frequency and changes in

> visceral fat.

>

> In short, if you really want to look good naked, dieting alone

> isn't enough -- you'll have to exercise!

>

> Reference

>

> Abe, T., Kawakami, Y., Sugita, M., & Fukunaga, T. (1997).

> Relationship between training frequency and subcutaneous and

> visceral fat in women. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise,

> 29, 1549-1553

>

> To view this update on-line, visit:

>

> http://TheFactsAboutFitness.com/research/visc.htm

>

> Gus Karageorgous

> Canada