Experts say: Big booty+ Big thighs= Healthy Heart and more!!
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010The U.K is not reknown for having the most amount of “thicka than a snicka” type women, but experts there have discovered that having a big booty and thighs can help prevent heart and metabolic problems.
“Big behinds are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the Oxford team said.
Science could look to deliberately increase hip fat, they told the International Journal of Obesity.
And in the future, doctors might prescribe ways to redistribute body fat to the hips to protect against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
They said having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems, as occurs in Cushing’s syndrome.”
“Evidence shows that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist.Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines which trigger inflammation in the body, say experts. These cytokines have been linked to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and diabetes.”
You can bet she has a healthy heart
In comparison, carrying excess fat around the stomach, being “apple shaped”, raises the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, of Oxford University, said: “It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers.
“Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad.”
He said in an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better - as long as the tummy stays slim.”