So how do I reduce visceral fat? (Part 3)

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Understanding how to remove visceral fat involves understanding how you accumulate it in the first place. 

When you eat food, the carbohydrates break down into sugar or glucose. The body absorbs the glucose into the blood stream. The pancreas releases insulin when it senses that glucose is in the blood stream. Insulin tells the cells in your body to absorb the glucose from the blood stream into the cells.  Insulin is a storage molecule, its purpose is to store glucose. 

When you eat a meal, insulin is released and the glucose is absorbed into cells. But what happens if the cells are already are full of glucose? What if there is still excess glucose in the blood stream after all the cells already have enough glucose in the cells? The body then converts the glucose into fat and stores it in the visceral fat. Excess glucose gets converted into visceral fat. This is how you develop larger amounts of visceral fat. (The liver also stores some of the glucose as glycogen. This can be used for quick glucose release if the body needs some glucose.)

How to reduce visceral fat. When there is no glucose and therefore no insulin in the blood stream, the body needs a source of energy.  The body breaks down the fat from visceral fat and makes ketones. The ketones are used as energy for the body to continue to operate normally. This is called ketogenesis. Ketogenesis is the process of breaking down visceral fat and making ketones as an energy source, for the body to run normally. So how would you go about going into ketogenesis? Because you want to reduce your visceral fat, the bad fat.

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