Belly Fat = Type 2 Diabetes = Too Much Carbs
Most days, I enjoy sifting through the latest research into weight loss, health, fitness, etc…But not today.
Today I read a study that dooms Mr. Balloon Belly here to a lifetime of popping diet pills and undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
The Research
In this study, researchers used an MRI machine to determine each participant’s level of belly and liver fat along with a blood test to determine insulin sensitivity.
Then, they put all 243 of the test subjects on a nine month lifestyle intervention program which reduced fat intake to a maximum of 30 percent of total calories (including less than 10 percent in the form of saturated fat) and had them engage in moderate physical activity such as walking for at least three hours a week.
Eat less (fat) & move more….classic.
The Results
The patients who started with the most belly fat & were the most insulin insensitive and who were most at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes did the worst on this lifestyle intervention program.
“The participants who improved their health status as a result of diet and exercise started out with lower baseline levels of abdominal and liver fat.”Their Conclusion
The researchers concluded that patients with a high level of belly fat & a high level of insulin insensitivity were unlikely to ever be successful at improving their situation with lifestyle modification.
Ever.
Ergo…to lose weight, they would need the help of pharmaceuticals and/or weight loss surgery.
My Conclusion
The lifestyle modification plan used in this experiment is crap.
If you want to improve insulin sensitivity, you don’t modify fat intake…you modify carbohydrate intake.
- Carbs = sugar
- Too much sugar = insulin insensitivity
- Insulin insensitivity = belly & liver fat
- Insulin insensitivity = type 2 diabetes
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