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Sweatty and pissed. Sweedy and Piss.

Manapause makes me sweaty and pissed.

Hello sweaty and Piss listeners, this is Karen Nickel,

family nurse practitioner in for sweaty. Hello Sweaty and Piss listeners, this is Karen Nickel, Family Nurse practitioner, and for Sweaty and Pist, Minapause, and more.

And I am here today to talk to you about belly fat. This is one of the most common complaints I hear from my

patients. They complain of having excess belly fat and ability to get rid of it.

So I'm going to talk to you about ways to avoid or get rid of belly fat,

the specific types of belly fat we can have and the specific ways to address that.

So the first thing to do is, and this is a little tricky as we come into the holidays, but is to avoid sugar and sugar-sweetened drinks.

Eating a lot of these foods with added sugar can cause weight gain. As a matter of fact, studies show

that added sugar has uniquely harmful effects on metabolic health. Sugar, mostly

due to large amounts of fructose, can lead to fat building up around your abdomen and liver.

Sugar is comprised of half glucose and half fructose.

So when your diet includes a lot of added sugar,

this overloads the liver with fructose,

and it forces the liver to turn it into fat.

Sugar increases abdominal fat and liver fat

which leads to insulin resistance.

Sugar in liquid form is particularly harmful.

So sugary drinks should be completely eliminated from the diet.

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