Comments on: Visceral fat and how important it is to your longevity http://www.brainhealthhacks.com/2008/10/12/visceral-fat-and-how-important-it-is-to-your-longevity/ a place to increase your brain health, and help you make better decisions Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ward http://www.brainhealthhacks.com/2008/10/12/visceral-fat-and-how-important-it-is-to-your-longevity/comment-page-1/#comment-26952 Ward Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:36:34 +0000 http://brainhealthhacks.com/?p=316#comment-26952 Pat,

yes I have the same interpretation as you have regarding SCI and quicker death which could be related to the chronic inflammation – which could be partially accounted for by the increase in visceral fat. I am trying to get a grant to study this problem – but no luck yet.

]]> By: Pat http://www.brainhealthhacks.com/2008/10/12/visceral-fat-and-how-important-it-is-to-your-longevity/comment-page-1/#comment-26951 Pat Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:09:08 +0000 http://brainhealthhacks.com/?p=316#comment-26951 Since the confounding variable of the acute trauma complications is eliminated it appears that the spinal cord injury leads to quicker rate of death in people with SCI. People with a SCI appear to die from the same leading causes of death in able body subjects: heart disease, cancer, etc. Additionally, people with SCI have chronic inflammation similar to what is seen in people with high levels of visceral fat (CRP, IL-6, TNF-alpha).

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