11.10.04
Fat Attack
Check out this article at the sfgate.. Heres the short.. being fat => apple shape => lots of fat => metabolic syndrome => fat attack => decreased cognitive functions.
Yaffe said the key problem seems to be high levels of inflammation that can result from the metabolic syndrome. That’s because large amounts of visceral fat can put certain hormones and other molecules into circulation that can have corrosive effects throughout the body.
Inflammation is mentioned in some my earlier posts. I’m being to see how inflammation is one vehicle of what we call aging..
“It turns out that fat cells are not so benign,” she said. “They don’t just sit there and take up space. They may actually produce inflammation.”