Robert Lustig: Why Visceral Fat Is so much more Dangerous Than Subcutaneous Fat? #obesity #diabeties
Robert Lustig explains why visceral fat is deadlier than subcutaneous fat. Just 5-6 pounds of visceral fat can make you sick, equivalent to 22 pounds under the skin. Visceral fat drains straight to your liver through the portal vein, concentrating inflammatory cytokines in a tiny blood volume instead of dispersing through your whole system.
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About 5–6 pounds.
About 22 pounds of subcutaneous fat.
About 6 liters of blood.
About 750 cc (≈0.75 liters) of blood.
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