Visceral fat is the most dangerous type of fat.
Visceral fat is belly fat located deep within your abdominal cavity. It surrounds important organs including your stomach, liver, and intestines.
Subcutaneous fat, on the other hand, is the fat just below your skin and it is less problematic.
Visceral fat puts you at increased risk for a range of diseases including heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.
If you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to keep visceral fat in check. Fortunately, a new study shows that time-restricted eating can help achieve this objective.
Time-restricted eating means you limit your caloric intake to a defined period during the day.
A recent study published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine looked at the effects of a few different dietary interventions on body fat and disease risk.
The study analyzed a low carb diet on its own, time-restricted eating within 8 hours of the day on its own, and the combination of a low-carb diet plus 8-hour time-restricted eating.
Participants spent 3 months on their assigned diet and were then assessed for changes in body weight, subcutaneous and visceral fat, fasting blood glucose, cholesterol levels, and…
