Health experts revealed that the external appearance of the body may tell us a lot about our health and the presence of toxic hormones inside, based on the distribution of muscles and fats in the body.
Experts at Harvard Medical School explained that if the body is in the shape of an “apple”, where the stomach protrudes just below the rib cage, this may be a sign of toxic hormones and a lot of visceral fat stored around the internal organs.
They pointed out that visceral fat produces more toxic substances than subcutaneous fat, which is hidden fat that is naturally stored around the internal organs, but eating a lot of calories without exercising leads to the accumulation of these fats.
They showed that high levels of visceral fat are associated with conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, insulin resistance, cancer, asthma, gout, osteoporosis and low back pain, among others.
And they pointed out that one of the reasons that excess visceral fat is so harmful may be its location near the portal vein, which carries blood from the intestinal region to the liver.
According to experts, visceral fat is directly linked to higher total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, lower HDL cholesterol and insulin resistance.