Visceral fat is mainly located in the abdominal cavity, where a number of important organs are located, such as the liver, intestines, pancreas. Accumulation of fat in this area can disrupt the body's vital functions and provoke the development of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease.
You can get rid of stubborn belly fat by changing your diet. And one particular diet can really help melt away that pesky and very hard-to-get rid of visceral fat.
It is about the low-carbohydrate diet, which has long proven its effectiveness for people who want to lose weight. And now it becomes clear that it can also get rid of your big belly. An eight-week study of 69 overweight men and women found that people following a low-carb diet lost 10% more visceral fat and 4.4% more total body fat. That's more than if you stick to a low-fat diet.
World-renowned English nutritionist Michael Mosley explains: “In recent years, I have noticed that more and more people are sticking to, and some are even obsessed with, the low-carb keto diet. The idea is this: consuming a minimal amount of carbohydrates forces your body, instead of burning fat, to convert fatty acids in the blood into ketone bodies.
The body (including the brain) then uses these ketone bodies as "fuel", as energy instead of glucose from carbohydrates. The trick is not to completely cut out carbs, but to choose the good carbs you eat."
Good sources of such food are legumes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, oats and flaxseed. Flaxseed is an excellent source of both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, which cleanses the intestines and regulates bowel movements. Thus, they help to eliminate the internal swelling of the abdomen.
