We’d like to think that our bodies work like cars—press the accelerator to go faster, tap the brakes to slow down. But our body’s metabolic switches don’t quite work that way: We may not gain or lose weight at the rate in which we expect to. When we have inflammation, our bodies are less efficient, [...]
Your abdominal discomfort may be caused not by what’s happening inside your belly but by what’s happening outside. According to one researcher, there’s such a thing as Tight Pants Syndrome, which is abdominal pain lasting two to three hours after a meal. Its cause? Yup: pants that are too tight. (The researcher says there’s as [...]
The omentum, which is located next to your stomach, serves as your primary storage facility of fat, where you park some or (in really bad cases) all the excess foods you eat. Ideally, the garage is empty. But as we gain weight, some of our bellies are housing four stories of Winnebago-worthy fat. Most important, [...]