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S P I R I T H E A L T H C O A C H
By Kelly Burgess
BANISH
BELLY
FAT!
W
hen your favorite jeans just won't zip up, it's
easy to vow that the belly fat has to go.
But it's not necessarily the belly fat you can
see—or pinch—that should have you con-
cerned, says Dr. Melina Jampolis, a board
certified physician nutrition specialist and author of "The Calen-
dar Diet" (Wagging Tail Press, 2012).
"Many people are confused about what belly fat actually is,"
says Dr. Jampolis. "It is the fat located deeper inside the belly
that causes a beer belly type of appearance (or apple shape,
as it is often called). This type of fat is dangerous because it
leads to inflammation and insulin resistance, which can increase
your risk of diseases including diabetes, heart disease, Alzheim-
er's disease and more."