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Bell cites Swedish study suggesting body fat takes two to three years to ‘turn over’

ZOE Science & Nutrition · The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers! · August 13, 2026
Bell cites Swedish study suggesting body fat takes two to three years to ‘turn over’
ZOE Science & Nutrition
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The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers!
""They show and they measure the turnover of adipos tissue and it takes between two and three years okay to turn over your adipos tissue.""
Bell references a Swedish research group (described as being at the Karolinska Institute) that measured adipose-tissue turnover and found it takes roughly two to three years to replace stored body fat. He says diet changes can alter the composition of fat over that timescale, framing it as a long biological process rather than a rapid transformation.
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The fastest way to burn dangerous visceral fat - supermodels have more than sumo wrestlers!

August 13, 2026 · 58m · 5 Egleze moments
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