This Visceral Tissue Affects How You Think
Specific types of tissue in your abdomen have an active effect on your immune system, cognitive function and heart health. There are simple strategies to reduce the effect and enjoy better health.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Visceral fat is excess adipose tissue deep in your abdominal cavity that wraps around your organs and plays an active role in creating an inflammatory response in the brain, triggering impaired cognitive function
It produces inflammatory molecules that affect the microglia, or immune cells in the brain
The inflammatory effect contributes …
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