Stress

Hello there! Hope you had a good week and ready to face this one head on? Kudos to you! Or did the week just stress you out, our environment not helping matters and you are not really looking forward to Monday? Whichever the case, this article will encourage and spur you onto a productive end.

Last week, we identified that fat around the middle is more dangerous. The major reason why fat targets the middle is because it is close to the liver where it can quickly be converted back to energy if needed; that area  has four times more fat cells than what you have all over the body and this puts you at higher risk of coronary heart disease because there is  more fat being dumped into your blood stream which gets pumped to your heart faster due to proximity.

Apple or Pear

Welcome to the maiden edition of the health and wellness corner and boy, what a topic to start off with J I am all excited and hope you are too.

So, what’s the 411 on apples and pears you would ask? Apples and pears describe body shapes. Are you an apple or a pear? Some might say they are neither, but the majority of us fall into either of these two categories. It simply refers to the fat distribution in our bodies. Fat mostly in the middle makes us rounded in the torso while fat around the thighs, presents a more rotund figure in that area. Individuals vary enormously, and women naturally carry more fat than men. We however, all tend to carry more fat as we get older, as we become less active and lose muscle. Please note we can’t all be built like supermodels (sadly so), but it’s necessary to heed on the side of caution due to the health risks associated with excessive body fat.