How to get rid of visceral fat?

It can get better with diet and exercise, depending on what kind of fat. Microsteatosis is better than macrosteatosis (basically little v big fat). This can be caused by obesity or underlying/previous diseases. And limit the booze! :drinker:

oh honey, my visceral belly fat stares me in the face each day. I will conquer it someday - I'll be reading to see what others say :-)

I was told a few years ago that I had a fatty liver. I hope losing weight and getting myself healthier will get rid of it. I don't drink alcohol at all, haven't had a drink in many years. I was also told I had a calcified kidney, I have no idea what to do about that. I'll be reading too to see what others have to say. This was a good question, thanks for posting. :-)

Not drinking is a big one, but as the others have said, if you are someone (like me) who stores fat around their middle then the only thing you can really do is lower your overall body fat. Sadly the 31 inch maximum waist size applies to apple shapes as well as pears, so we have to be thinner to be healthier.

I had a reading from routine bloodwork that indicated I might have fatty liver. The doctor asked me to go for a re-take to be sure. I got delayed in the retake, and when I went back my numbers (which had been definitely elevated) were normal level. I had also happened to have lost six pounds at the second blood test. The doctor told me it was indeed possible that just losing the six pounds had been enough to bring the levels back to normal.

So, short answer is that losing weight is the best and quickest option.

That said, there is a lady who goes by 'the liver doctor' online who has other remedies - from an actual cleansing to supporting the liver with particular dietary choices and supplements such as vitamin E. (I had also started taking a regular vitamin E supplment when i'd returned to my doc, not sure if that affected anything or not.)

Good luck!

The Lean Belly Prescription Book by Emergency Room Dr. Travis Stork - "The Doctors"
Visceral fat -
Blood-borne fat blobs are like homing pigeons, looking to roost in the body’s fat cells. And unless a famine breaks out, that’s right where they’ll stay. There are serious health implications to that, for both men and women. Men are most likely to pack excess fat around their internal organs, which is known as visceral fat. (Ladies, that can happen to you, too, though you’re more likely to pack it in your legs, arms, and butt. That’s no picnic, either. After menopause, though, you’ll be more likely to gain weight in the gut, too.) You know you have visceral fat if your gut is round and firm, your waist is bigger than your hips, or your Wranglers have a waist size of 40 or higher for men, and 35 or higher for women.

If that description fits you, it probably means your body is storing your excess fat like packing peanuts that surround and infiltrate your muscles, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, and pancreas. But visceral fat doesn’t just lie there, looking ugly. It actively works to harm your body by secreting a number of substances, collectively called adipokines. Adipokines include a hormone called resistin, which leads to high blood sugar and raises your risk of diabetes; angiotensinogen, a compound that raises blood pressure; and interleukin- 6, a chemical associated with arterial inflammation and heart disease.

Visceral fat also messes with another important hormone called adiponectin, which regulates the metabolism of lipids and glucose. The more belly fat you have, the less adiponectin you have, and the lower your metabolism. (And here’s the crazy part: The lower your metabolism, the more belly fat you’ll store. It’s as though belly fat is conspiring to harm you by breeding even more belly fat!) Meanwhile your liver, faced with a high tide of fat globules, feels like it’s swimming in energy. But as it burns that overly abundant energy source, it produces excess cholesterol, which in turn gunks up your arteries in the form of plaque.

Allow that plaque buildup to continue for a decade or more, and that’s when you and I will meet in the E.R.; your increased risks of stroke, heart attack, and diabetes will pay off in an “event.” But just because it’s more business for my shop doesn’t mean I’ll be particularly happy to see you there in that condition.

The most frustrating part of my job as a doctor is having to treat people who are a long way down a road they never should have taken in the first place. The more belly fat you carry, the greater your risk for any number of health worries. And the greater your health risks, the more you’re going to find your medicine cabinet filled with little brown prescription bottles. In the medical journal BMC Family Practice, I saw a chart showing that people with body mass indexes of 30 or higher took up to twice as many prescription drugs as those whose BMIs were less than 25. In fact, overweight people spend 37 percent more money at the pharmacy each year than people of desirable weight; once you reach the level of obesity, your prescription medical costs are an average of 105 percent higher than those of normal-weight folks! That’s a burden on not just your checkbook, but also your health in general.

Let’s say you follow one of the simplest and most effective weight-loss tricks I know: Swapping sweetened beverages for unsweetened. Each of us takes in an average of 450 calories in sweet drinks every day. Over the course of a week, that adds up to around 3,000 calories.

What a coincidence: it takes 3,500 calories to make a pound of fat.

So you start weaning yourself off the sweet stuff, and swapping in healthful beverages like peppermint tea, unsweetened ice tea with lemon, or lemon-lime sparkling water. (Three of my favorites, by the way.) Do this for a couple of weeks, and you might notice a little loosening around the waistline of your pants, a little more definition at your jaw line. So far, you’re the only one who’s in on the secret, but it makes you feel pretty good. So now you elect to take a walk at lunch, rather than surfing the internet while eating a sandwich. A couple of coworkers note the flush in your face when you return, and ask if they could go next time, as well.

Excerpted from “The Lean Belly Prescription: The Fast and Foolproof Diet & Weight-Loss Plan From America’s Top Urgent-Care Doctor” by Travis Stork.

Calcified kidneys can mean that you have kidney stones. Many people have them and dont even know it. If you start having severe back pain or notice any blood in your urine. Then you need a trip to the doctor. I am a nurse and actually work on the kidney floor so I wouldnt worry about it unless you have symptoms

Google "insulin resistance" you will find out what you need to do. My belly is shrinking

Kalikel wrote: »

See your doctor. Get good advice. Follow it. You don't want it to get worse.

Agree with this.