Is fat a murder weapon? Study: Obesity harms five organs most

"Being able to eat is a blessing", "Being chubby is the most blessed", many obese people hold the above-mentioned ostrich mentality, and even think that obesity will only affect appearance, and as long as they eat well and sleep well, there will be no problems with their body. Is this really the case?

"Being able to eat is a blessing", "Those who are plump and fat are the most blessed", as long as you are flexible, eat well and sleep well, there will be no problems with your body?

According to the American Medical Daily, if we ignore the importance of body management, allow obesity to become a problem, and do not improve it, it will cause certain harm to human health in the long run, and may even cause serious damage to five major organs such as the heart, brain, and skin.

[Obesity may damage five major organs]:

Organ 1: Brain

"Are fat people dumber?" This sentence may be a warning sign. According to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles, compared with people of normal weight, severely obese people have an average of 8% less brain tissue and their brain age is 16 years earlier. As for the general overweight people, their brain tissue is 4% less than that of normal people and they age 8 years earlier.

The results of the study show that the fatter a person is, the worse their brain cognitive function. As to why this situation occurs, scientists believe that it is related to the deterioration of white matter around the brain nerve fibers in overweight people. The abnormality in white matter affects the transmission of signals by nerve fibers.

Patients with obesity problems also have higher body fat content, and these excess fat tissues in the body need to consume more oxygen, which will cause a certain burden on the heart in the long run.

Organ 2: Heart

Generally speaking, patients with obesity problems also have higher body fat content, and these excess fat tissues in the body consume more oxygen. In order to provide more blood oxygen to the fat tissue, the heart needs to operate and beat more to increase the oxygen supply. In the long run, this will place a certain burden on the heart.

The most important thing is that when more fat accumulates in the human body's arteries, it will cause the inner wall of the blood vessels to thicken, greatly reducing blood flow. In order to make the blood flow smoothly, the heart needs to expend more energy to transport blood to the whole body, which will cause more damage to the heart. When a large amount of fat accumulates, symptoms such as vascular embolism and vascular stenosis will appear, which will affect the body's blood circulation. The study also found that compared with people with a standard BMI, obese people have a 10 times higher risk of atherosclerosis.

Organ 3／Lungs

In addition to causing certain damage to the heart and brain, according to a French study, people with abdominal obesity are twice as likely to have impaired lung function as those with normal weight, and have a higher incidence of respiratory diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and sleep apnea.

As to why obese people experience the above symptoms, researchers said that this is because excessive abdominal fat will limit the rise and fall of the diaphragm, making it more difficult for the lungs to expand. It is recommended that people with abdominal obesity, with a waist circumference greater than 80 cm for women and greater than 90 cm for men, should be more cautious.

Obesity is correlated with most cancers, among which colon cancer has the greatest correlation.

Organ 4: Colon

The research results also found that obesity is correlated with most cancers, among which colon cancer has the greatest correlation. From this we can see that obesity will more or less have adverse effects on human colon health. In addition to this argument, experts believe that one of the main reasons why obese people have a higher rate of colon cancer is that most obese people consume more processed meat and red meat in their diet than the average person. Under such eating habits, the risk of intestinal polyps (early signs of colon cancer) is of course much higher.

Organ 5／Skin

In addition to the above problems, obesity can also cause certain damage to the skin condition, because obesity can cause drastic changes in hormones in the body, leading to the occurrence of acanthosis nigricans (skin pigmentation, thickening and roughening) and stasis dermatitis (skin redness, swelling and inflammation), and even reduce venous function, resulting in poor blood circulation and other problems, increasing the risk of foot ulcers.