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First it was fat and therefore bad for health, later, was said to be less bad than the abdominal and now we know that is not bad and could soon be shown to be even good, to “catch” in it and neutralize substances harmful to our body. So, if we leave aside the questions of aesthetics (subjective, changing and secondary), fat butt and thighs has gone from villain to hero. By contrast, the belly is, increasingly, the bad guy.

Abdominal fat is made up of visceral fat cells tend to rupture and release substances harmful to health: free fatty acids which generate insulin resistance (with the consequent risk of diabetes, lipid disorders and hypertension) are detrimental to liver, pancreas, muscles and heart, which infiltrate fat and, finally, can cause heart failure and other circulatory problems, because they generate proinflammatory substances.

By contrast, fat thighs and buttocks does not have these problems. The International Journal of Obesity has published a review of research in this field. While such research is in its infancy, and can make several statements about fat thighs and buttocks. And all good, if we leave aside the aesthetic issues (always lower compared with health) and certain mechanical effects could be negative because of the increased weight would have to bear the joints.

Several epidemiological studies have pointed out the relationship between fat gluteofemoral and reduced risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes. The truth is that people with the fat located in these areas has less cholesterol, LDL (“bad”) and more HDL (“good”). In addition, this generates fat leptin and adiponectin, which are highly beneficial substances, which increase insulin sensitivity and cause vasodilation. All this makes the arteries of this population are in better condition.

For their part, various specialists, such as José Manuel Fernández-Real, head of the Diabetes Section Josep Trueta Hospital, Girona, they go further and argue that the thighs and buttocks fat acts as a filter natural. Thus, trap and accumulate, more safely, very harmful substances, such as fat cells released into the area of visceral fat that would otherwise be deposited in different parts of the body, where it could do much damage.

Finally, we must bear in mind two caveats. First, the predisposition of the body of women to put their fat in buttocks and thighs is linked to the presence of female hormones, hence the menopause occur, the tendency is similar to that of men and tend to accumulate in the abdomen. In addition, when fat is accused overweight after favorable accumulate in these areas, so does the abdomen.

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