One thing that a lot of people are learning is that not all body fat is created equal. Being a bit flabby in the arms doesn’t have the same long term health problems that belly fat can predict. A recent article on Physorg titled “Not all fat created equal” now contend that subcutaneous fat can improve your health in some areas! I guess that makes me feel a bit better - I don’t have that “hard belly fat” that is such a problem. Although being heavy is never a good thing, it’s interesting to read that some types of fat can actually be beneficial!

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Erika
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 11:54 am
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One Response to “There’s fat, and then there’s fat”

  1. Tina Says:

    Yeah, actually there are vitamins that can be digested only in fats, so our body does need it, but of course in reasonable quantities.

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