Your belly fat is trying to tell you something! The accumulation of belly fat, what we call visceral adipose tissue (VAT), as opposed to fat below the skin, has been proven to play an important role in causing heart vessel disease and illnesses related to obesity such as hypertension, insulin resistance of Type 2 diabetes, high blood cholesterol and metabolic syndrome.

Over the past 10 years, researchers have closely studied the function of fat cells. It is now known that these fat cells within belly fat release certain substances that are the “bad guys” and can cause inflammation. And this inflammation is the very reason that Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease come to call. So these fat cells actually fight your normal tissues and cells!

But the good news is that there are also “good guys” that fight against inflammation. For example, one of the many “good guys” is a protein which fights against both diabetes and that fatty yellow stuff that forms in the lining of your artery walls. Best of all, you can turn ON the “good guys” and turn OFF the “bad guys” just by watching what you eat!

That’s right! By eating more healthy foods and eating less of the unhealthy foods such as refined sugars, oils and junk foods, you can prevent serious illness! But there’s more! Getting rid of some of that spare tire around your middle lessens your chances of having either diabetes or heart disease!

What’s more, it often only takes just a modest weight loss for people with VAT to greatly improve their metabolic profile. Why? Because when the weight is centered around the abdomen, this area of fat is where the weight will come off and that improves your waist-to-hip ratio, which is the distance around your waist in relation to the distance around your hip. And that’s great news since the lower your waist-to-hip ratio, the better your health can be!

Well, is your belly fat really speaking to you? You bet it is and you need to listen! It’s telling you it’s dangerous and it’s going to cause you some real trouble. So now is the time to part company—for your health’s sake!