hi,
fat is not really bad.at appropriate places it is good.read the article below,
grow fat and be happy.
regards.
Big bum, thunder thighs good for health
AFP, 13 January 2010, 11:43am IST
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Having extra weight on your behind, big hips and solid
thighs "is good for you", say British researchers
Carrying fat on the hips, thighs and behind, rather than
around the waist, has a range of health benefits and actively protects against
diabetes and heart disease, experts at Oxford University said.
"Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is
bad," said Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, one of three scientists behind
the research, which was published in the International Journal of Obesity .
A big bottom is much better than carrying fat around the waist, which tends to
release more harmful fatty acids into the body, the research shows.
Belly fat also releases molecules called cytokines which trigger inflammation
-- raising the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
But fat carried on the thighs traps these harmful fatty acids and stops them
from latching on to the liver and muscles and causing a range of health
problems, including insulin resistance.
Although fat around the thighs and backside tends to burn slower and be harder
to shift, it can release beneficial hormones which protect the arteries and
help blood sugar control, the research showed.
"The idea that body fat distribution is important to health has been known
for some time," said Manolopoulos, who is a researcher at the Oxford
Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM).
"However is it only very recently that thigh fat and a larger hip
circumference have been shown to promote health, that lower body fat is
protective by itself."
It is shape that matters -- and as far as health is concerned, being
'pear-shaped' is preferable to being 'apple-shaped'.
In an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better, providing the
stomach stays slim, Manolopoulos said. "Unfortunately, you tend not to get
one without the other," he said.
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