According to Eat this not that, limiting soda intake helps reduce visceral fat effectively.
Avoiding soda helps reduce visceral fat. Photo: Thanh Thanh
Visceral fat secretes unhealthy hormones and biochemicals that can affect cholesterol production and cause cells to become insulin resistant. Visceral fat is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia and breast cancer in women.
Building healthy eating habits is one of the ways to reduce visceral fat. Among them, you should avoid drinking soda. Drinking lots of soda and other drinks with added sugars, especially high fructose corn syrup, causes an increase in visceral fat, which is linked to obesity and a variety of metabolic diseases.
It is recommended that women consume no more than 6 teaspoons of sugar (or 100 calories of added sugar) per day. Men limit sugar consumption to 9 teaspoons or 150 calories of added sugar per day.
Added sugars are often found in processed foods and drinks such as soda, energy drinks, candy, and cookies. This increases visceral fat and weight gain. According to a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (USA), if you drink only 1 soft drink of about 350ml per day and do not reduce the number of calories in other foods in your diet, you can increase about 7 kg in 3 years.