No medical method can accurately estimate how long you can live, because life span is affected by many factors, including genetics, gender, environment, and living habits. However, a person's lifespan can be assessed by his or her appearance. Generally, people with short lifespans have common characteristics, namely round bellies and round necks.
What are the dangers of a round neck?
. It is easy to induce coronary heart disease
People with thick necks are often accompanied by abnormal lipid metabolism and have a high risk of hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases . Cardiovascular risk can be assessed by measuring neck circumference. The thicker the neck circumference, the more likely it is to develop dyslipidemia and the higher the risk of coronary heart disease. Generally, people with double chins and thick and short necks are more likely to suffer from heart disease. If the neck circumference of men and women is greater than 36.38 cm and 32.28 cm respectively, they are judged to have thick neck circumference.
. Causes disorders of blood lipid metabolism.
Generally, people with thick necks have varying degrees of hyperlipidemia. Hyperlipidemia is a high-risk factor for many diseases, including fatty liver, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.
3. Induce diabetes
The thicker the neck, the more likely it is to have sugar metabolism disorder and the higher the risk of diabetes. Studies have shown that neck circumference will cause the surrounding tissues to be insensitive to insulin , causing metabolic disorders, thereby causing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
4. Causes sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is closely related to neck circumference. Because too much fat accumulates in the neck, the throat is narrow, and apnea is prone to occur during sleep at night, which reduces the oxygen content in the blood, causing a lack of oxygen in the whole body. oxygen, which can lead to sudden death in severe cases.
What are the dangers of having a round belly?
. Induce fatty liver
Important internal organs are concentrated in the abdomen. In addition to the stomach and intestines, they also include pancreas and liver. Because too much fat accumulates in the abdomen, fat is metabolized and transported in the liver. When the liver's operating load is exceeded, it can accumulate around the liver, making the liver cells unable to obtain nutrients from the outside, causing ischemia and hypoxic necrosis of the liver cells, and ultimately induces fatty liver. .
. Increased risk of cancer
Studies have shown that abdominal circumference is positively correlated with the incidence of colorectal cancer. The greater the abdominal circumference index, the higher the risk of colorectal cancer, especially when the waist circumference of men and women is greater than 90 cm and 85 cm respectively. In addition, excessive abdominal circumference is also a high risk factor for other cancers, including breast cancer , liver cancer and endometrial cancer.
3. Induce diabetes
Accumulating too much fat in the abdomen can reduce the basal metabolic rate, hinder sugar consumption and absorption, increase insulin resistance, and induce diabetes.
4. Induce heart disease
Fat cells also need sufficient blood and oxygen supply. The more fat cells there are, the greater the load the heart bears. It requires doubled blood supply to meet the body's needs. Over time, it will cause cardiac hypertrophy, induce heart disease, and even cause death. Causes acute myocardial infarction .
A message from a doctor
In short, a round neck and a round belly are factors that threaten health, so we should take active precautions against them. Especially when it comes to diet and exercise. Let’s talk about diet first. Stay away from high-calorie, high-sugar and high-fat foods. Eat three meals a day on time. Slow down your eating speed appropriately. Eat only 70% full at a meal. Refuse to eat. Eat junk snacks and try not to eat out.
Then let’s talk about exercise. Exercise for more than 40 minutes every day, at least 4 to 5 times a week, and ensure that your heartbeat reaches 150 beats per minute during exercise, so that you can better consume calories. You can't just do aerobic exercise, you need to combine it with strength training, which can increase the proportion of muscle and increase the basal metabolic rate.
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