It is important to know that reducing fat is not the same as reducing body weight and simply lowering caloric intake is not sufficient.
The lower body fat percentage you get to your ideal weight, the body fat percentage reduction also slows down. Losing between 1% and 3% of the body fat percentage in a period of 30 days is considered an achievable and healthy fat loss target. What Is A Healthy Way to Reduce Body Fat? Symptoms that are commonly associated with being overweight include low in quality of living, poorer mental state outcomes, low quality of sleep(sleep apnea) and high mortality and morbidity risks from cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes or cancer. Surplus body fat can lead to becoming overweight and in extreme cases where insufficient fat is available can lead to internal organ complications. Having extreme cases of excess fat and lack of fat has negative effects on the health, especially testosterone levels for men.
Body fat is stored mostly around the abdomen in males and around the buttocks and thighs in females. Body fat and how it's stored in the body is influenced by caloric intake, fitness level and genetic factors. The main purpose of the body fat (adipose tissue) is to deliver lipids that the body uses to generate energy or body heat.
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Storage fat accumulates in the adipose tissue (brown fat) in the form of either visceral fat (fat around organs in the abdominal cavity) or subcutaneous fat (under the skin and wrapped around vital organs). The primary component is the one that maintains life and generative functions and is usually between 10% and 13% in females and generally lower at 2% to 5% in males. Body fat consists of 2 parts, the essential body fat and the storage body fat.