Beer Belly – Not Just Found in Men Anymore!
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Binge-Drinking gives women more chance of a beer belly than steady consumption.
- No…She’s Not Pregnant!
That’s right ladies! The commonly known term the…”beer belly” is not only found in men. In fact, more and more women are experiencing what is now labeled the…”beer belly woman” or for a better name…”wine glass figure” named really because increase bellies in women are often as a result of increased consumption of wine when out socialising, and entertaining clients. The plain truth behind both is that there is some TRUTH and some MYTH behind those terms.
Both are simply associated with Abdominal obesity, colloquially known as belly fat or clinically as central obesity, is the accumulation of visceral fat resulting in an increase in waist size. Several colloquial terms used to refer to central obesity, and to people who have it, refer to beer or wine drinking. However, there is little scientific evidence that beer drinkers are more prone to abdominal obesity, despite it being known colloquially as “beer belly”, “beer gut”, or “beer pot”. One of the few studies conducted on the subject did not find that beer drinkers are more prone to abdominal obesity than nondrinkers or drinkers of wine or spirits.”
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All women know by now they should avoid high-calorie drinks, like fancy cocktails, especially if they go out with their friends on a regular basis. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean that plain alcohol, like wine, is inoffensive if ingested in large quantities, neither as regards health nor weight. A new study cited by the Daily Mail reveals that women are most exposed to the risk of gaining weight more so from binge drinking rather than just from drinking alcohol alone.
Here’s why…The weight gain, however, has little to do with the type of alcoholic beverage of choice or the period of time over which a woman binge drinks, the findings of the study indicate. It’s the pattern that leads to the extra pounds in the sense that the same amount of alcohol consumed over short periods of time (say, an entire bottle of wine in the course of a single evening) helps the stomach expand. [key detail --->]This, in turn, leads to feeling the need to eat more, which, of course, is translated in weight gain, researchers at the University College London say.
For the first time, researchers believe they have identified the link between drinking and abdominal obesity, which helps trigger diabetes and heart disease. They blame it on the pattern of drinking, when large amounts of alcohol are consumed in a session instead of being spread over a period of time. In fact, the classic beer belly is a bit of a myth because men who drink beer regularly – around two pints a day – barely see a change in their girth.” the Mail says, citing the study that involved an estimated 30,000 people and span from 2002 to 2005.
In men who binge drink, the increase in size is of only two inches in waist. Women, on the other hand, are more prone to gaining more pounds if they indulge in too much alcohol: about four inches in waist. But women are also more at risk from drinking because their body mass is comparatively small and is not able to absorb the alcohol ingested, researchers warn. Still, in both men and women, it’s not the volume that leads to the weight gain, but the pattern.
