Measuring Your Waist Size Is Vital To Good Health. Dr. Mercola Discusses Scales and Body Fat

By Eugenia M. Jarrett

Measuring your waist size gives you a good barometer of the amount of fat you’re carrying. The stomach area needs particular attention.

An Important Fact: Stroke and coronary heart disease have a direct link to your abdominal fat. 

Studies have shown that insulin sensitivity can also be a contributor to increased waist size.  Measuring your waist size is one of the most powerful ways to predict your risk for diabetes. (View Dr. Mercoa's video where he discusses scales and body fat below)

The Insulin/Fat Connection

"The primary source of body fat for most Americans is not dietary fat but carbohydrate, which is converted to blood sugar and then, with the aid of insulin, to fat by fat cells. 

Remember, insulin is our main fat building hormone. Eat a plate of pasta. Your blood sugar will rise and your insulin level (if you have type 2 diabetes or are not diabetic) will also rise in order to cover, or prevent, the jump in blood sugar. All the blood sugar that is not burned as energy or stored as glycogen is turned into fat. So you could, in theory, acquire more body fat from eating a high-carbohydrate “fat-free” dessert than you would from eating a tender steak nicely marbled with fat. Even the fat in the steak is more likely to be stored if it is accompanied by bread, potatoes, corn, and so on." from Dr. Bernstein’s book “Diabetes Solution”

Observation: 

It seems that to make our lives simpler and less stressful when it comes to fat and weight control, starting with focusing on one section of the body, our waist, is an excellent starting point and guide to what is happening with the rest of our body and health. 

Additional Information

The human body is highly adaptable and able to change in extremely short periods of time. Think about. If people can quickly gain mass amounts of fat from weeks of unhealthy eating, shouldn’t they be able to lose a lot weight rapidly from weeks of healthy eating? Well, they definitely can.

An excellent tool to kick start your body and lose weight is The 3 Week Diet. Science based, healthy and proven results!

Browse through Dr. Mercola's book:
Dr. Mercola's Total Health Program: The Proven Plan to Prevent Disease and Premature Aging, Optimize Weight and Live Longer!
Read the entire article by Dr. Mercola at: http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/index.htm

Browse through the "Diabetes Solution" Book - Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
Read entire article: The Basic Food Groups: The Insulin/Fat Connection
http://www.diabetes-book.com/insulin-fat-connection/

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