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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. |
