The Dangers Of Excess Body Fat

If you want to look smart and attractive and want to live a healthy life then you need to reduce your extra weight. For this purpose, you should make a plan to reduce your excess body fat. It will prove very helpful in maintaining a good health plus preventing diseases. It is a known fact that obesity is very dangerous to your health and longevity. Let us first define Obesity. When the body fat exceeds twenty five percent of the body mass in men and thirty two percent in women, this condition is termed obesity.

Having excess quantity of fat in the body may lead to many diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Surveys say that in the United States, every year, 3 out of 4 people die either from heart problem or cancer.

If you are obese, then you need more energy to breathe, your heart will require extra efforts to pump blood to your lungs and to the large quantity of fat, which is present in your body. This condition may lead to high blood pressure in your body because of extra burden on your heart. Your heart may become enlarged which is a dangerous condition and then you may suffer from erratic heartbeats.

Due to obesity and improper functionality of heart, the main parts of your body like brain, kidneys etc. are unable to get the proper supply of blood. Obesity also causes your heart to pump harder which can lead to high blood pressure. Rising of blood pressure is a painful condition itself and may lead to other problems too. People with this disease always have the possibility of getting heart attack and kidney problems. Almost twenty five percent of all the heart diseases are caused due to obesity. Obesity is also a cause of high cholesterol level in your body, which ultimately causes other problems in the body.

Medical researches have proved that increased amount of fat in the body and cancer have some the rate relationship. Body fat is considered as a home for carcinogens. Carcinogen is a chemical that causes cancer in the human body. In women it causes breast and uterine cancer. In men, colon and prostate cancer is caused by obesity.

In the human body, there is a natural balance between body fat, insulin and blood sugar. Extra amount of blood sugar fills liver and other main body organs. When these organs are completely filled with sugar, the blood sugar is changed into fat. It is also shown that those who suffer from obesity get extra quantity of insulin in their body. This is because the pancreas continues to make excessive insulin. So the body is unable to use this excessive insulin and it then causes diabetes. This is also a very frightening disease if not treated properly and in a timely way and may further lead to other life-threatening diseases like heart disease, kidney problems, blindness, amputation and even can be the cause of death.