 Statistics tell us that many deaths are related, directly or indirectly, to body weight. As a result, there is a great amount written about "weight loss", "dieting", and the like.
Since approximately two-thirds of American adults are overwieght, there is a big market for such information, and for the products which are promoted in the interest of weight loss.
However, the concentration on "weight" instead of "fat" is misleading.
While weight can be an indicator of the possibility of ill-health, it is actually excess body fat which offers the most danger. Many ways can be found to lose weight, without burning the fat which has accumulated on the body, but burning excess body fat can be a lot harder. However, figuring out how to burn fat can not only make you look and feel better now, but can actually help you live longer!
Here's seven ways that burning excess body fat may save your life.
1. If you already have some kind of disease or condition related to obesity, especially type 2 diabetes, burning body fat will usually lower you health risks and improve your chances of survival.
2. If you already have diabetes, whether type 1 or type 2, burning away excess body fat can help you manage your blood sugar levels and may actually cause you to be able to do away with medications which control blood sugar levels.
3. Burning excess body fat will lower your risk of even getting type 2 diabetes in the first place.
4. A good way to lower blood pressure, sometimes referred to as a "silent killer" is to decrease body fat.
5. Oxygen is life, and your body's ability to take in and process oxygen is crucial to health and longevity. Embracing fitness and getting rid of body fat is a great way to improve your body's ability to breathe and make use of oxygen.
6. Sleep apnea, like high blood pressure, is also a deadly, but not obvious, health risk. When you burn the excess fat from your body, even by as little as 10%, you lessen not only the possible occurrence of sleep apnea, but you also reduce the health risks associated with it.
7. Excess body fat often contributes to chronic inflammation, the accumulation of unhealthy substances, and interference with the body's access to, and use of, certain nutrients.
One specific benefit of burning body fat which has not yet been mentioned is the fact that when you do burn the fat, you will almost certainly lose weight, thus killing two birds with one stone.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Donovan Baldwin is a 76-year-old freelance exercise and fitness writer,
certified optician, and Internet marketer currently living in the
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area. A University Of West Florida alumnus (1973) with
a BA in accounting, he is a member of Mensa and has held several
managerial and supervisory positions throughout his career. After
retiring from the U. S. Army in 1995, with 21 years of service, he
became interested in Internet marketing and developed various online
businesses. He has been writing poetry, articles, and essays for over
40 years, and now frequently publishes original articles on his own websites and for use by other webmasters.
He has an online store of various homeopathic and herbal health
products which can be found at nodiet4me.com/health_products.
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