Visceral fat is the most metabolically active (and metabolically dangerous) type of fat.

Visceral fat is the fat around your organs — liver, pancreas, intestines — not the visible kind on your arms or hips (that’s subcutaneous fat). Visceral fat isn't like the energy storage kind… it's more like a chaotic roommate with access to your energy account.

Think of it like this:

• Visceral fat pumps out hormones and inflammatory chemicals that mess with insulin.
• It releases fatty acids directly into the liver through the portal vein which is  the fast-track VIP lane for metabolism.
• In high amounts it contributes to hormonal resistance, cravings, fatigue, and stubborn blood sugar issues.
• Subcutaneous fat mostly… just energy storage. It doesn’t disrupt your metabolism the same way.

Because visceral fat is sooo metabolically active, the body also burns it FASTER once you start strength training and improving insulin sensitivity. (we have various methods to achieve this state)

That’s why clients can see inches off their waist even if the scale is barely moving. The body prioritizes visceral fat loss when you:

• Lift weights
• Increase protein
• Walk after meals
• Reduce stress / improve sleep (cortisol drives visceral fat storage)

Think of visceral fat as the “high-priority problem.”

Once you attack it, everything else gets easier — energy, hormones, appetite control. 

UpShot:

I help reduce the fat that literally squeezes organs, not just the fat that makes jeans tight. “We will focus on health-changing fat loss, not just weight loss.”