According to a recent research conducted by nutrition researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis , fatty liver, which has always been associated with cirrhosis, is more responsible for diabetes (insulin resistance) and cardiovascular diseases than belly fat. People with fatty liver also have high blood triglycerides because of an increase in the production of fat particles in their liver which in turn get secreted into the bloodstream.
Dr Samuel Klein, MD, senior investigator and Director of the Division of Geriatrics & Nutritional Science, of Washington University, studied subjects by categorizing by age, sex, percent body fat, degree of obesity and body mass index. He demonstrated that obese people who had different amounts of fat in their belly and liver, had greater risks of metabolic problems. As fat in liver is closely tracked with visceral fat, it has been found that excessive fat in liver and not in the belly may primarily responsible for metabolic dysfunction.
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