safwh:
My understanding of this stuff is that a lot of the weight related health problems are due to excess visceral, not subcutaneous fat. And avoiding insulin resistance is key to minimizing visceral fat gain. I’ve seen exercise, intermittent fasting, and avoiding high glycemic carbs as ways to lower insulin. Along with metformin and pioglitazone. Is there any way to promote subcutaneous fat gain rather than just minimizing visceral? I’ve heard sumo wrestlers have lots of subcutaneous fat due to high levels of physical activity then once they stop working out they start to get the obesity health problems. Not sure how true this is though. Have also seen research pointing to pioglitazone as possibly promoting creation of new fat cells through up regulating ppar-y gamma which has something to do with lipogenesis
User BecomingOverweight has many posts on this forum about the differences of Viseceral and Subcutaneous fat. I believe dairy had something in it that helped reduce visceral fat. Do a search for him and his research should be easy to find. Best of luck!
